
Romea Strata
The Romea Strata is a Via of culture and faith, more than 4,000 kilometers in length, passing through seven states of Europe-Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria and Italy.
The Via Romea Strata in Italy stretches for 1,400 km, involving seven regions (Friuli Venezia Giulia, Trentino-Alto Adige, Lombardy, Veneto, Emilia Romagna, Tuscany, Lazio), 19 provinces, 237 municipalities, 335 parishes and more than 150 entities including Associations, Bodies, Foundations, Universities, etc. The Italian part of the Via Romea Strata includes a main route with entrance from Tarvisio, where the Via Romea Allemagna begins, which, crossing Friuli Venezia Giulia from northeast to southwest, arrives at the ancient Roman city of Concordia Sagittaria in Veneto, where it continues with the ancient Via Romea Annia. In Emilia Romagna and Tuscany, Romea Strata continues under the name of the ancient Via Romea Nonantolana Longobarda and then joins Fucecchio at Via Francigena and reaches Rome.
Then there are three international branches of Romea Strata that constitute themselves as alternative entrances to Italy (from Miren, Passo Monte Croce Carnico, and Passo Resia) and three other national branches from Verona, Bassano del Grappa, and Enego that all flow into the main path until they reach the destination, Rome.
The data below concern the MAIN CAMMINO that enters Italy from Tarvisio and arrives in Rome, so the information of the 3 INTERNATIONAL DIRAMATIONS and the 3 NATIONAL DIRAMATIONS are missing, but pilgrims will be able to find them on the of Romea Strata.
Scheda Tecnica
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Lunghezza:
1068 km -
Tappe:
51 -
Partenza:
Tarvisio -
Arrivo:
Roma
HISTORY
The Romea Strata was an important European route, traveled by pilgrims starting from Central and Eastern Europe who faced the journey to Rome: from the Baltic Sea they crossed Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Austria until they crossed the Alps and entered Northeastern Italy through Tarvisio.The Romea Strata was a path of culture and faith that took pilgrims across Europe, but mostly through themselves.
Before becoming a pilgrimage route, this route was used for multiple purposes including trade: amber, salt, iron, and silk passed through here.
The human passage also led to the development of culture, through the art and architecture we encounter along this route today (hospitality, churches, museums, memorials…).
The path was also traveled by enlightened minds who made their mark in science, such as Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo Galilei, but also by crucial figures who spread Judaism and Protestantism through this path in addition to Christianity.
STAGE
STAGE 01 – Tarvisio > Camporosso
The route follows the “Alpe-Adria” bicycle path, mostly on paved roads and for short stretches on gravel roads. From the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Tarvisio, you take the bicycle path, which passes through the center of Paese, where there is a chance to find bars, stores and restaurants. Continue straight on, leaving the town, then pass over the state highway and then the highway and continue, skirting the highway and thus arriving in the town of Camporosso in Valcanale. To get to the center, one can take Station Avenue on the right and thus reach the Church of Sant’Egidio in Camporosso. If you want to go up to the Sanctuary of Mount Lussari there are two possibilities : on foot or by chairlift. In any case, you must continue for a while more on the cyclovia until it passes under the ring road of State Road n. 13. As soon as you pass it, go to the left where the valley station of the chairlift is located. For the ascent on foot, go past the station, then take the Lussari road on the right, a small asphalt road, which, as you continue, becomes a dirt road and climbs up to Lussari’s Holy Mountain. This is a rather steep climb: in total it is about 7 km. It starts from 800 meters at the valley station to reach 1789 meters at the summit. If you want to go up using the chairlift, you need to inquire about times and dates of operation , since in the height of the summer and winter tourist season it operates every day, while in low season it operates only on weekends. During certain periods it is closed.
STAGE 02 – Camporosso > Pontebba
The route is slightly downhill and follows the “Alpe-Adria” bicycle path. It starts from Camporosso, picking up the Alpe-Adria cycle path, which at first runs close to State Road No. 13, then turns off to the left, passing under the highway and, after about 1.5 km, crosses the Provincial Road leading to Valbruna. The bikeway continues straight ahead, crossing Via Lussari and flanking the SS13. You pass near Ugovizza, where you can see the old station used as a bar on the right. Continue straight on and after about 3 km you arrive near Malborghetto, whose former railway station is located just before a tunnel. When the tunnel is finished, the cyclovia leaves the railroad track and descends along a small road to the right; just before reaching the Fella River you go left, following the course of the river. After about 1.5 km at a crossroads you turn left and, after about another kilometer and a few curves, the cyclovia resumes the old railroad track and continues. After a few kilometers the cyclovia crosses the Fella River, now following its course on this side. After about 3 km the cyclovia leaves the old railroad track, continuing along a road that runs alongside the highway escarpment. It now passes under some viaducts of the highway and the Pontebba highway interchange, crosses the Rio degli Uccelli stream, crosses the Udine-Tarvisio railway line and turns left. The road now skirts the former railroad park and the Pontebba FS station; as soon as you pass them, head along the first road, which turns off to the left and crosses the railroad. After passing a couple of curves, you will reach Via Giuseppe Mazzini or you can visit the Church of St. John the Baptist by taking the lane to the left of the road that leads directly to the small church. When you reach Via Giuseppe Mazzini, you cross the Pontebbana stream and soon after meet Piazza Dante Alighieri. Turn right, passing under the railway, until after about 300 meters you reach the Pieve di Santa Maria Maggiore.
STAGE 03 – Pontebba > Resiutta
From the Pieve di Santa Maria Maggiore, the route resumes towards Piazza Dante Alighieri and Via Roma, where many businesses can be found, and we arrive at Provincial Road 110. Just before the bend, take a small road, going up on the right towards the Church of San Rocco and the cemetery, which brings us back to the route of the cycle path, which is thus resumed. After a few tunnels, and a little over 1 km, we reach the village of Pietratagliata and its former railway station. You continue on the route, passing through several tunnels and then on a bridge you cross the Fella River again, continuing on the other bank. You then pass under the highway again and continue until you reach the town of Dogna, identifiable by the clearly visible Church of St. Leonard the Abbot. The cyclovia passes through several tunnels and, crossing a bridge, crosses to the other bank of the Fella River, arriving at the village of Chiusaforte. It continues passing through more tunnels, then passes again on the other bank of the Fella and continues alongside the highway and state road, until it reaches the village of Resiutta. Continue left into Via Nazionale and then left again along Via Chiesa until you reach the Church of San Martino Vescovo.
STAGE 04 – Resiutta > Gemona
From the church of San Martino Vescovo in Resiutta, continue along Via Gorizia, skirting the Resia Torrent for about 200 meters. When you reach the bridge at the intersection with Via Roma, continue left. After crossing the bridge, continue for about 400 meters on via Roma and turn right at the former Resiutta train station where you resume the cyclovia route to the left in the direction of Moggio Udinese. You continue on the cyclovia going through the tunnel and after about 2.4 km you will find the former Moggio Udinese train station. You then turn right, leaving the cyclovia and continue in the direction of the town. Thanks to the underpass, you cross the SS13 and continue over the bridge over the Fella River. You follow the tree-lined avenue, thus arriving in Moggio Udinese on Via Giorgio Ermolli. At the first crossroads, turn left toward Campiolo locality, also following the signs for the Abbey of San Gallo. The paved road is slightly uphill; here turn left toward Campiolo locality. Those who wish to visit St. Gallen Abbey, on the other hand, keep to the right, following for locality Moggio Alto and, after about a kilometer, whether you choose to walk along the path or follow the paved road, you will arrive at the Abbey. After passing the village of Campiolo, you continue, always skirting the valley of the Fella River. The road is paved, but some stretches are unpaved; you go through some tunnels, pass first under the highway, then over it, continue for about 3 km more, pass twice (at close range) under the highway and then merge onto State Road No. 52, which from Carnia goes in the direction of Amaro and Tolmezzo. You must cross it, paying VERY ATTENTION. You go left for about fifty meters and then take on the other side a paved road, which with a bridge crosses the Fella River again. As soon as you cross the bridge go straight for about 800 meters until you come to an underpass: here go left. You pass under the railroad and proceed along Via dai Valents until you reach the Carnia Railroad yard. Continue left again into Via Stazione and then right along all of Via Nazionale until you reconnect with the state highway. When you reach the statale, go straight for about a kilometer until you reach the hamlet of Portis, identifiable not only by the sign but also by the Church of San Bartolomeo. Then take the road on the left, careful to cross, that passes in front of the church and through the abandoned (due to 1976 earthquake) hamlet of Portis Vecchio. When you reach Portis Street, follow it for about 500 meters, until the intersection with Lavaruzza Street, where you turn right. You arrive again at the intersection with the state highway. To avoid the traffic on the state highway, cross it by taking the small road ahead. This is a right-hand side road of the state highway, leading to the small church of St. Lucy, and further on it joins the state highway again. Follow it for a few hundred meters and then take via San Leonardo on the left; when the road ends, go to the right and shortly afterwards to the left into via del Ponte, passing over the bridge that crosses the Venzonassa stream. You pass it, thus arriving in Piazzetta del Duomo, the center of Venzone. From the Cathedral of St. Andrew the Apostle, continue straight on Via Roma and, just outside the town walls, turn left into Via dei Fossati. You then take the first street to the right (Via degli Alpini) and turn shortly afterwards, still to the left, into Via Cjampcjscjel. Follow it all the way and after about 500 meters you will come to the Little Church of Saints James and Anne (14th cent.). At the end of the street you turn right into St. James Street and at the crossroads with the next Via degli Alpini turn left, taking the new road leading to the cemetery. When you reach it, turn right onto Borgo Rozza street, cross the state highway paying due attention and take the small road ahead and continue by taking the new bicycle path. It will lead to the hamlet of Ospedaletto in the municipality of Gemona del Friuli, following the route of the old railway. Once you reach Ospedaletto, you can choose two routes: the first, shorter, is in the city environment, while the second goes up to Colle Sant’Agnese, is more challenging and takes a fairly steep path, then descending from the Colle towards Gemona Cathedral. As for the first option, once the bike path ends, one turns right, reaching the Church of Santo Spirito along Via Lago and then Via del Priorato. Having visited the church, return to Via del Priorato and follow it to the intersection with Via Cjamparis, where you turn left. Continue straight ahead along the sidewalks of Via Cjamparis, which then becomes Via Bersaglio and Via Carlo Caneva, arriving, after about 3.5 km, at the beautiful Gemona Cathedral. For those who, on the other hand, wish to tackle the ascent to the Colle di Sant’Agnese and visit the church of the same name, at the end of the bike/pedestrian path in the locality of Ospedaletto, turn immediately left, passing under the railroad tracks into via del Lago. Continue uphill for about 400 meters on Via del Lago until you find Via Monte Ercole where you turn left. Continue straight ahead for about 3 km until you reach the Colle; the road is first paved then becomes unpaved. When you reach the Colle Sant’Agnese and pass the small church, the dirt road (Ledis road) begins, which descends some hairpin bends, which can be avoided thanks to a path. You always follow the dirt road, taking a nice, steady descent to the village of Gleseutte, reached after about 3 km. Here you take the Gleseutte street of the same name towards the center of Gemona. The road then takes the name Via Cappuccini to merge into the central Via Carlo Caneva, which leads to Gemona Cathedral.
Variant for Colle Sant’Agnese
For those who instead wish to tackle the climb to the Colle di Sant’Agnese and visit the church of the same name, at the end of the bicycle path in Ospedaletto, turn immediately left passing under the railroad tracks into Via del Lago. Continue uphill for about 400 meters on Via del Lago until you find Via Monte Ercole where you turn left. Continue straight ahead for about 3 km until you reach the Col. The road is first paved then becomes unpaved. When you reach the Colle Sant’Agnese and pass the small church, the dirt road (Ledis road) begins, descending for a few hairpin bends, which a path allows you to avoid. You always follow the dirt road, taking a nice, steady descent to the village of Gleseutte, reached after about 3 km. Here you take the road of the same name, Via Gleseutte, towards the center of Gemona. The road then takes the name Via Cappuccini to merge into the central Via Carlo Caneva, which leads to Gemona Cathedral.
STAGE 05 – Gemona > Majano
From Gemona Cathedral, go back about a hundred meters, taking a left (downhill) Via XX Settembre; at a bend turn left into Via San Leonardo, after about 100 meters turn right into Via Melchiorre Widman, then into Via del Santo, which, further on, becomes Via Sant’Antonio. Go all the way down Via Sant’Antonio, turning right into Via Artico di Prampero and immediately left into Via Rive di Venturin. One continues straight ahead to Moseada street and Loreto street. One should follow this street by crossing the intersection ahead and passing under the railway line overpass thanks to the sidewalk. Once past the overpass, the sidewalk ends and one continues straight on Cotton Mill Street until finding, after about 50 meters, a capital. Here you turn right continuing on Luigi Burgi Street for about 200 meters until you reach a traffic circle. Turn left after about 70 meters and follow via Armentaressa for about 1.4 km until you cross state road No. 13 Continue straight ahead (watch out for the crossing) along via della Cartiera and cross the Ledra-Tagliamento canal at the ‘Gemona del Friuli” sign. Continue straight ahead, crossing provincial road No. 63, which should be crossed to go straight ahead again. The road passes under the Udine-Tarvisio highway and immediately afterwards crosses a paved road (Via Porto Carantano). The street can be identified by the curve the road makes: turn right and continue. After about 300 meters, the road turns to the right and, if you wish, you can take on the other side a path (CAI No. 720), which climbs towards the Osoppo Pass. After a while the path meets the hairpin bend of the asphalt road, which from the center of Osoppo climbs toward the fortress; go left and climb to the top . If you do not take the path, the walk continues along via Porto Carantano, skirting the hill and arriving at the Church of Santa Maria ad Nives. You turn left following the main street that leads to the center of the village. You then follow Andervolti Street, pass a small square and continue on Fabris Street, passing the town hall and pharmacy, and turning right onto San Daniele Street. You stay on the main street that is Via San Daniele for 340 meters and turn right into Via Peonis. You follow it going straight on for about 700 meters until you intersect Via San Martino. Continue straight ahead on a dirt road until you come to a parking lot, which is the start of several walking routes. The route proceeds straight ahead, avoiding the various detours and entering the Bars resurgence area. On the left you see the trout farm tanks and continue (via Molino del Cucco). After passing the farm, after about 900 meters you cross Gravate Street and turn right onto the opposite road. The road is unpaved and you follow it for about 2 km, continuing straight ahead in the direction of the Gemona-Sacile railway line. The level crossing is no longer practicable, forcing you to go to the right and after about 500 meters taking the small road that goes to the left and shortly after runs alongside the railroad. At the first level crossing you cross it and go straight on, leaving behind the various small roads that branch off. You go in the direction of State Highway no. 463 and about 50 meters before you meet it, you turn right skirting the fields and the garden of the house along the headland leading to the bridge of State Highway no. 463. You go to the right passing, shortly after, the bridge over the Ledra River. As soon as you cross the bridge, take a small asphalt road on the right that, shortly after, crosses Provincial Road No. 84, cross it and continue straight ahead, skirting the hill of Susans Castle (which remains on the right). After a few tens of meters the road ends and you continue straight on a grassy path, on the left you see some houses. Go straight ahead and, shortly afterwards, take the dirt road again. Going straight on, you reach again State Road No. 463, continue and after about 50 meters take immediately to the right the slightly uphill paved road that passes through the village of Tiveriacco. You cross it and cross the road leading to Susans, (Via Susan), go left, at the first crossroads go straight ahead (Via Tiveriacco) until you come back again, just before the hamlet of Comerzo, on state road no. 463. You walk along the state highway for about 300 meters and then go right along a small uphill road (via San Giorgio), skirting the state highway that runs a little further down on the left. Go straight ahead along Via Laipaco and shortly afterwards you come to the village of San Tomaso di Majano. At the end of this road, you come to an intersection and turn right onto Via San Zenone degli Ezzelini. Continue for about 200 meters until you see, on the right, a small road with a sign indicating Piazza San Giovanni. After a few dozen meters you come to the ancient Church and Hospitale di San Giovanni.
STAGE 06 – Majano > Pinzano al Tagliamento
From St. John’s Square, one leaves St. John’s Church and Hospice and turns right onto San Zenone Street. You walk along this street for about 20 meters and at the intersection with the well in the center, you keep right into Limbiate Street. You follow it all the way (about 2.4 km), leaving out the small streets that branch off from it and leaving the Municipality of Majano behind until you reach the dirt road, where you go straight ahead. At the end of the dirt road, you will find Provincial Road No. 84 Ponte di Cornino. Turn left here and follow the provincial road for about 280 meters, turning right at the first dirt road (capezzagna) you come across. Follow this road for about 700 meters and then turn left, still on a dirt road, leading to a nature trail of about 2.5 km around Ragogna or San Daniele Lake, also passing by the Israelite cemetery. This path leads to a lookout tower, from which the lake can be admired. Continuing along the nature trail you come to a crossroads. Here you turn right in the direction of Muris, walking along Via G. de Monte for about 1.1 km. Following this road you come to a traffic circle, in the hamlet of Muris, and continue straight on in the direction of Ragogna along Via Vittorio Veneto, which then becomes Via Muris. After about 1.2 km you come to a crossroads, marked by a capital on the right. Here you turn left onto Via ai Colli and follow it all the way, even when the road becomes unpaved, thus keeping the built-up area on the left slightly uphill. After about 1.2 km Via ai Colli rejoins Provincial Road No. 5. Turn right and continue along the sidewalk of Provincial Road No. 5 through the entire built-up area of Ragogna. You follow Provincial Road No. 5 for about 2.5 km, keeping towards Pinzano. You turn right onto Via Castello in the direction of Alpine church and castle following it for about 200 meters and then, at the fork, turn left onto Via Due Giugno in the direction of Pinzano. You rejoin Provincial Road No. 5 following it for about 600 meters until you reach the bridge over the Tagliamento River. Continue still following Provincial Road No. 5 where a steep climb of about one kilometer begins, leading to Pinzano al Tagliamento. At the sign indicating the Carabinieri’s telephone references, before the tree-lined avenue, turn left into a small lane that runs alongside the hedge of a house. Follow it, thus avoiding a piece of the state highway, and as soon as the street ends, turn slightly to the right, taking, after a few meters, Via Circonvallazione on the left. Continue for about 300 meters, turning right at the end of the street and taking Via Vittorio Veneto, which takes us to the parish church of San Martino and into the center of Pinzano al Tagliamento.
Ragogna variant for Castello
From the route around Ragogna Lake, you can take a detour that goes up to St. Peter’s Castle but excludes the lakeshore and town center. At the crossroads before reaching the Jewish cemetery, you turn right, still on a dirt road. You follow it for about a kilometer then the road becomes paved and takes the name Via delle Valli. Proceed straight ahead until you come to a stop sign. Here you turn left onto via Osoppo and follow it for about 100 meters. At the capitol you turn right and follow to Via Bosco. The path continues straight and further on the road becomes unpaved. You always follow the main one going straight and avoiding the side paths. This path goes around the hill and you follow it for about 4.5 km until you reach the hamlet of San Pietro in the municipality of Ragogna. On the right, high above, you can see Ragogna Castle. It now follows via Castello and then via 2 Giugno, thus connecting with STAGE T6 AL Maiano/Pinzano.
STAGE 07 – Pinzano al Tagliamento > San Martino al Tagliamento
Keeping the Parish Church of San Martino di Pinzano al Tagliamento behind you, continue left on the sidewalk of Via Vittorio Veneto, avoiding the branches and always keeping the sign for the cemetery. The street is slightly downhill until, after about a kilometer, you reach the Holy Trinity Church and cemetery of Pinzano al Tagliamento. From the church cross the parking lot and keep to the small road that runs alongside the cemetery, skirting it on the left. Continue on this small asphalt road for about 1.3 km through a grove until you meet Provincial Road No. 1 leading to Valeriano. You turn left, following the state road for about a kilometer in the direction of Valerian, with no sidewalk, then the sidewalk begins, leading to the center of Valerian. You follow it until you find the intersection on the left with the direction to Borgo Mizzeri where you turn. However, it is worth visiting the Church of Santa Maria dei Battuti, which is 700 meters away by proceeding straight along the main street of Valeriano. Turning in the direction of Borgo Mizzeri, proceed along Umberto Primo Street for 600 meters. At the capitol, keep right at the fork and after a few meters the street becomes a dirt road. Follow it all the way for a few hundred meters until you find the paved road again and turn right. At the next stop sign, where there is a small altar dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on the right, you go right again proceeding on the dirt road through the fields. You follow it for about 1.5 km and at the fork proceed uphill going right. You thus reach the church of San Marco Evangelista and after 250 m on the right the Ancona of Madonna delle Grazie in the hamlet of Gaio. One proceeds to the left on via Baseglia in the direction of Baseglia. Continue straight along via Baseglia, which then becomes via Leonardo da Vinci, for about a kilometer until you reach the hamlet of Baseglia. Here, if you wish, you can turn right into via della Chiesa, admiring the Church of Santa Croce and the Ancona della Pietà , and, turning then into via Divisione Julia, you resume the main street, otherwise continue straight along via Filanda Vecchia. At the end of via Filanda Vecchia, after about 1.5 km, turn right into via Caterina Percoto, and take, shortly thereafter, the first left, via Filippo Corridoni, passing the Scuola Mosaicisti del Friuli. At the end of the street you turn right onto Viale Barbacane. This leads to the Church of San Rocco and the small square of the same name. Continue left, crossing the historic center of Spilimbergo, along Viale Roma to reach the Cathedral of Santa Maria Maggiore. From the cathedral square, continue straight along via Beato Bertrando, which then becomes via Eremo. At the end of Via Eremo you turn right onto Via Santa Chiara and reach Via delle Repubblica where you turn left. You go past the intersection of State Road 464, continuing straight on in the direction of Pordenone. Continue for one kilometer along the asphalt of Provincial Road No. 1 of Val d’Arzino to Borgo Novarons identifiable by the Church Sanctae Mariae de Lourdes on the left. At the height of the church you keep to the right, driving along Via Concordia in the direction of Borgata Bussolino and continuing straight ahead until you cross Provincial Road No. 1 again. Follow it for about 900 meters until the crossroads with Provincial Road No.30; here, taking great care, cross it continuing in the direction of Gradisca. You drive along the tree-lined avenue of Via Monte Nero, at the end of which you turn right onto Via Cividin. You keep on this street, avoiding the various small streets that intersect it, until you cross Via Romana. Here you keep to the right and continue until you find the ford of the Cosa stream. After passing the ford, you follow an ever-straight street lined with vineyards, via Losi and then via della Pietra, for about 1.1 km until you reach an intersection. Here you keep to the left, driving along Via Europa Unita and continue straight ahead in the direction of the village of Cosa. From Piazza San Tommaso in Cosa, continue straight ahead in the direction of San Martino al Tagliamento, crossing the countryside on low-traffic asphalt roads (via S. Odorico, via Grave, via Ronchis). When you reach the bend in via Ronchis, turn left onto via Valvasone and after a few meters, at the end of the dwelling, turn right onto via Comunai. You follow this street for its entire length, about 900 meters. At the end you turn right and then immediately left into Saletto Street. You stay on the main road, which is via Saletto, until the intersection with via Stazione, after about 2 km. When you reach Via Stazione, turn right and walk the last kilometer of the STAGE until you reach the Church of San Martino Vescovo.
STAGE 08 – San Martino al Tagliamento > San Vito al Tagliamento
From the Church of San Martino Vescovo, leave the Town Hall behind and walk all the way down the tree-lined avenue of Viale Rimembranza. Go straight ahead until you meet the Arzenutto pharmacy on the left and the intersection with Provincial Road No. 37. You follow it for about 200 meters and then turn, at the first street on the right, onto Via San Giacomo. After about 100 meters keep to the right and take the dirt road on the left. This dirt road runs parallel to the Provincial Road and at its intersection with a ditch you keep left to return to the Provincial Road. You turn left and go back about ten meters to the height of a toy and sports store on the right. You take the street that passes through the middle of the houses and continue straight on crossing the fields along a headland and turn right onto Via delle Pozze. Continue on this gravel-bottomed street, straight ahead on Crosera Street and at the end of the street turn right into Regina Margherita Street. Following this street you will arrive, after about 50 meters, at the intersection of largo Piave where going straight on you will arrive in the center of Valvasone, in piazza Castello. Continue straight on via Erasmo da Valvasone, crossing the historic center of the municipality of Valvasone-Arzene, and after about 300 meters turn left onto via Fiolina. You proceed straight on this street crossing Roggia Mulini for about 450 meters. You will come across a small traffic circle, take the first exit on the right continuing on Maiaroff Street and reach the village of the same name after about 460 meters. You pay attention and cross the road proceeding straight ahead. After 200 meters you come to a traffic circle, proceed to the left and then take the first headland to the right. Go straight for about 1.4 km, meet a dirt road (Via Polveriere) and go left. You ignore the detours and continue straight on this road, which after 1.8 km leads to the traffic circle with provincial road 1. You continue straight on via Valvasone toward the center of Casarsa della Delizia and after 450 meters you reach the parish church. Going straight ahead, you cross the center of town and after 260 meters you reach the traffic light in Piazza Italia. You pass it using the crosswalk and continue straight ahead along Via Guidalberto Pasolini until you reach the train station after 200 meters. You use the pedestrian underpass that allows you to cross the train tracks by exiting onto Viale della Rimembranza. You follow it straight for about 280 meters until you reach the traffic circle. You proceed straight for about 100 meters to Piazzale G. L. Bernini where you turn left and then immediately right onto Via I Maggio. Continue to the end of this street and then turn left onto Via A. Mantegna. After 50 meters turn right following the pedestrian walkway that is in the park. This passage skirts the soccer field and allows us to arrive, after a hundred meters, behind the church of San Giovanni in Piazza Vittoria. You continue left to the end of the street. We turn left onto Via Versutta, walking along it for about 150 meters. You now turn right onto Zorutti Street, which makes a wide right turn. You now turn left onto Aviotte Street onto a bicycle/pedestrian path that you follow in the countryside for about a kilometer to the hamlet of San Floriano. At the end of the path, carefully cross the road and go left on a bicycle/pedestrian path, the first section of which is dirt at the bottom, in the direction of San Vito al Tagliamento. Go straight ahead along this road until you reach the traffic circle that intersects Provincial Road 1 and continue straight ahead in the direction of the center. After 200 meters turn right passing under the ancient gate and thus arriving at the Cathedral of San Vito al Tagliamento.
STAGE 09 – San Vito al Tagliamento > Gruaro
From the Cathedral of Saints Vito, Modesto and Crescenzia in San Vito al Taglaimento, go along Via Bellunello, turn just before the square into Via Antonio Altan and follow it all the way until you come out of the town gate. Beyond the gate you go straight along the paved bicycle/pedestrian path, via Savorgnano. Follow it for about 2.2 km until you reach the Church of San Rocco. Leaving it on the left, you reach the center of the hamlet of Savorgnano. Just ahead of the Church of St. James the Apostle, you come to Piazzale dei Tigli. Here you turn left onto via Bagnarola and after 50 meters turn right onto via Melmose. This street crosses the countryside and after 2.1 km, past a ditch, you turn left and go along the Sinigaglia reclamation canal to locality Melmosa Alta (we are already in via XXX Aprile). At the first crossroads turn left onto Via Verdi and after about 400 meters turn right again, arriving at locality Melmosa Bassa. Here you follow the road for about 1.8 km, reaching the intersection with Via Giotto di Borbone. Turn left until you reach the forecourt of Abbazia Santa Maria In Sylvis in the municipality of Sesto al Reghena. After visiting the Abbey, the STAGE continues on Via Roma and past the town gate you keep left towards Bagnarola. You continue on Zanardini Street. At the traffic circle go straight on via Levada. At the crossroads, keep left again in the direction of Bagnarola, following the signs for the Church of San Pietro. The path is all on a gravel-bottomed bicycle path and after a short while it deviates from the road and plunges among vineyards and crops. Crossing a ditch (there is a bridge), you arrive after 2 km at St. Peter’s Church. Continue straight on, crossing, after 100 meters, via Borgo di Sotto and going straight again to via Stalis. Those who wish can continue a little further on and visit the Stalis Mills, otherwise turn right after 200 meters from the paved road, walking along the gravel road through the countryside. Here begins the GiraLemene nature trail. At the end of this path you reach Borgo Braida and keep right on Via Ippolito Nievo and right again at the small crossroads with the spring in the middle. You then come to another crossroads with a small church on the right and keep left until you reach the center of Bagnara.
STAGE 10 – Gruaro > Concordia Sagittaria
From the center of Bagnara, go straight on via Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata and then straight again on via Roma until you reach the center of Gruaro. Here you go left onto via Guglielmo Marconi. You keep slightly to the right at the intersection, and turn left after the small church, continuing on the street through the countryside, still following the GiraLemele route. This brings you to Boldara Street and you turn right, continuing on the bicycle/pedestrian path, which leads to Portovecchio, again following the Lemele River. From the Borgo, continue along Via Venerio Giovanni until you pass under the A4 highway overpass. Past the underpass, take the first right, via Ponte di Covra, and follow it all the way until you come out on Provincial Road no. 463. After about 700 meters, past the railroad overpass, turn right onto Via San Martino. After crossing the bridge over the Lemele River, turn left onto Via Palestro and follow it all the way until you reach the Parish Church of San Nicolò , from where you turn left, driving along Viale della Stazione and crossing the large traffic circle thanks to the underpass, which comes out onto Via Bono. You walk down it for about 50 meters and immediately turn into Borgo San Gottardo, which leads to the center of Portogruaro. You cross it, going straight ahead and, at the height of the Hotel Portus parking lot, turn right, taking the bicycle path that runs along the Lemele River and leads to the Cathedral of Santo Stefano in Concordia Sagittaria.
Stalis Mills Variant > Cordovado
Coming from the Abbey of Santa Maria in Sylvis in Sesto al Reghena, after passing St. Peter’s Church, go straight on via Stalis until you reach the Stalis Mills. Turn right onto Via Venzone, a gravel-bottomed road through cultivated fields, keeping the mills on the right. Continue on this road for about 1.3 km until you reach the Fountains of Venchiaredo (first branch you come to on the right) and cross the park. Cross the park and you come to a paved road: it is Venchiaredo Street. After about 200 meters, turn right at the signal to give way and continue on Venchiaredo Street for about 330 meters. After passing the level crossing, take the first road on the left: via Stazione, which you follow for about 480 meters until you reach the Sanctuary of Santa Maria delle Grazie in the municipality of Cordovado
STAGE 11 – Concordia Sagittaria > Torre di Mosto
From St. Stephen’s Cathedral, continue in the direction of the Lemele River along Via Roma, leaving the municipal building behind. Cross the street, which intersects Via Roma with Via I Maggio, and continue straight on Via Antonio Gramsci, which always runs along the right bank of the watercourse. Continue for 870 meters along this street until you meet via Fratelli Bandiera on the right. This is an inhabited street with no sidewalk but little traffic. Follow it for its entire length (about 680 meters), avoiding the other side streets until you reach Spareda Street. When you reach this intersection, you turn left, still following this street, which enters the middle of cultivated countryside. The road is paved, but low-traffic. It crosses a canal, passing by the side of a lock; shortly after, the road turns left going on the bank of the Loncon River. You always follow it for about 4 km until you see, on the right, a stony road going down from the embankment crossing the countryside: via Torba. You follow it all the way going straight for a length of about 4.6 km. This road again crosses a canal and goes through cultivated areas with a few houses. Go straight ahead until you reach the Provincial Road that goes from San Stino di Livenza to Caorle (SP 59). Here you turn right without crossing the bridge over the watercourse and continue along Via Condulmer, a dirt road that runs alongside SP 59 and cultivated fields. After about 2 km, at the bridge, turn left crossing the canal and cross the provincial road. Continue straight on Via Pioppi, a tree-lined road with the namesake trees, for about 3.5 km until you meet the bridge over the Livenza River and the Torre di Mosto sign. Continue straight on for another 260 meters to the Piazza Indipendenza traffic circle. Follow the signs on the right to the church, which is reached after 200 meters.
STAGE 12 – Torre di Mosto > San Donà di Piave
From the Church Square in Torre di Mosto, continue along Via Asilo for 210 meters and go straight ahead passing under the overpass. After the underpass the street becomes Via Santissima Trinità and you keep it for another 220 meters to the next intersection where you turn left, following the right bank of the Livenza River. Follow the course of the embankment for 770 meters to then turn right onto via Rotta. Follow via Rotta for 2.4 km toward the Taglio Brian canal, east embankment, until you meet via Taglio. Here you go straight ahead again and after about 2 km you reach the Staffolo waterworks: we are in fact in a reclamation area. You obligatorily turn right and cross the San Martino canal. To avoid cars, at the first bridge you cross over the other bank of the canal and continue on San Martino Street for another 450 meters until you reach the Stretti-Staffolo Provincial Road (SP57). Here you keep to the right and, having passed the bridge again,turn left, still continuing on Via San Martino following the canal. After 1.3 km at the intersection you turn left, going up the Piavon canal embankment. You follow it for 1.4 km and obligatorily cross the next bridge, continuing on Bellamadonna Street. Continue straight ahead in the direction of Fossà for 2.5 km. At the end of this street, you reach the Church of Fossà , from where you continue, going left, always straight on Fossà Street . After 530 meters you cross the Grassage canal and continue always following the main, which now becomes Via della Fornace . Continue on the paved bicycle path of this street for 1.2 km until you reach the main road from San Donà to Caorle, in Fiorentina. Continue keeping to the right, crossing the little bridge over the ditch, on Via Calnova, where there is an asphalt-bottomed bicycle/pedestrian path. After about a kilometer you reach a large intersection with a traffic circle, which you pass, continuing straight thanks to the crosswalks. You thus reach the entrance, with a sign, to San Donà di Piave. To avoid some asphalt road, you cross the Federico Fellini public park, present on the right, until you reach a small bridge, which allows you to reach the opposite bank of a canal. You walk along it keeping to the left until, after 340 meters, you come to the square of Via Enzo Vannoni on the right. You cross it for its entire length and turn left again, continuing along the sidewalk of Via Calvecchia. After about 300 meters, Calvecchia Street crosses Calnova Street. Care should be taken to keep to the left on the bike path so as not to be in the middle of traffic. Keep left on Via Carlo Vizzotto and then straight ahead again on Via Tredici Martiri until, after 1.5 km, you reach Piazza Duomo and the Cathedral of Santa Maria delle Grazie.
STAGE 13 – San Donà di Piave > Quarto d’Altino
From the Cathedral of Santa Maria delle Grazie of the City of San Donà di Piave, one proceeds along the pedestrian area of Corso Silvio Trentin and after 590 meters reaches the bridge over the Piave River. You cross it and follow the entire bike/pedestrian path, which allows you to avoid car traffic. If you want to reach the Church of San Donato, in the municipality of Musile di Piave, as soon as you cross the bridge you cross the road and go straight for 530 meters along Via Roma. Otherwise, you always keep to the bicycle/pedestrian path and go under the overpass: cross the road and go to the Piave River embankment. The route skirts the river for 1.3 km along a tree-lined headland on one side of water-loving and acacia tree species (pay attention to the branches if you are biking because they have thorns) and on the other side by agricultural crops. At the end of the headland, go up the main road (Via Piave) and cross the road, taking the street in front of you: Via Intestadura and keeping the Old Piave stream on your left. After 280 meters the street makes a bend: here you leave the main road and keep to the left, which is via Piave Vecchia. The road, at first paved and flanking some orchards and then with a stony bottom, always follows the left course of the Piave Vecchio and arrives, after 6 km, at the locality of Camposile in via Castaldia. It crosses the busy Riviera del Sile and continues straight there on Via IV Novembre, crossing the Taglio del Sile River. After passing the bridge over the Taglio del Sile, keep right along Via del Sale and proceed for about 9 km on the San Marco embankment. This embankment separates the Venice lagoon from the Taglio del Sile and is parallel to the road, allowing you to reach the dock at Portegrandi. You cross the bridge over the Silone (Dolce) canal and always follow the course of the Sile. After about a kilometer you can get off the embankment and reach the center of Portegrandi and the Church of San Magno Vescovo. If you continue along the Sile bicycle path, you reach, after 3.6 kilometers, the locality Trepalade. Here, who desires, can choose to follow the directions of the “T3AN-Variant San Donà di Piave Quarto d’Altino along the Zero River” STAGE, which allows you to visit the National Archaeological Museum of Altino dedicated to the Via Annia. Otherwise, the STAGE always continues along the bank of the Sile River. From Trapalade to the Church of Quarto d’Altino, another 4.3 km must be covered.
San Donà di Piave variant > Quarto d’Altino crossing three rivers
From the Cathedral of Santa Maria delle Grazie of the City of San Donà di Piave, one proceeds along the pedestrian area of Corso Silvio Trentin and after 590 meters reaches the bridge over the Piave River. You cross it and follow the entire bike/pedestrian path, which allows you to avoid car traffic. As soon as you cross the bridge, cross the road and proceed straight ahead for 530 meters along Via Roma until you reach the Church of San Donato, in the municipality of Musile di Piave. You proceed to the right along Via Guglielmo Marconi. Follow it for about 700 meters until you reach the large intersection with via Triestina. Be careful because the traffic is heavy. Keeping to the sidewalk, proceed along Via Emilia for about 5 km. At first the road has a sidewalk, then this breaks. This long straight road meets two quadrivi but you always go straight until the road ends with a T-junction. Here you turn right into Bellesine Street, which you follow for about a kilometer until you cross a bridge. Now the road takes the name Barter Street. You follow it for about 1.6 km until you reach the intersection with Via Roma. You now turn left for about 1 km and cross the bridge over the Meolo River. You proceed straight along Via San Filippo for about 300 meters until you reach a traffic circle. Proceed straight along Via dello Scoutismo for another 800 meters to the intersection with Via Cà Tron. Here you turn left and after about 780 meters you cross the Vallio River. The street is now named Via per Meolo and you follow it for about 1.2 km. You will then come to a crossroads, turn left into Via Dalla Chiesa and after 100 meters take the first side street into Via Nuova. Continue straight ahead for 3.4 km until you reach the locality of Bagaggiolo. Here you turn right continuing along Via Sile for 4.2 km until you meet the bridge over the Sile River. Cross it and go first right and then left in the direction of Quarto di Altino until you reach the village church.
San Donà di Piave variant > Quarto d’Altino along the Zero River
From the locality of Trepalade, go down the embankment of the Sile River and, following the signs for Altino, follow the Siloncello canal for 2 km until you reach the National Archaeological Museum of Altino, dedicated to the Via Annia. To reach it, take Via Sant’Eliodoro, which is the provincial road from Quarto d’Altino to Portegrandi; therefore, one must pay attention to car traffic. Past the museum, after 700 meters, the beautiful Memory Route starts on the right, which runs first along the Santa Maria Canal and then along the Zero River. It runs for 4.7 km on a stony surface immersed in the rural and river landscape. The bicycle-pedestrian path ends at Via Claudia Augusta: you walk all the way along it (2.9 km). At the junction with viale Kennedy turn right and, after 50 meters, immediately left into via Guglielmo Marconi, which leads to the Church of Quarto d’Altino.
STAGE 14 – Quarto d’Altino > Mestre
From the church in Quarto d’Altino, go along Via Guglielmo Marconi for 300 meters, following the Jesolo-Marcon signs. After passing the railway underpass, take the first street on the right, staying on a cyclopedestrian path along viale J.F. Kennedy (SP 40), which runs alongside the train tracks. The cyclo-pedestrian passes from the right side to the left side and then back to the right side of the road: follow it all the time until you come to a traffic circle after 1.5 km. You pass it by continuing straight ahead in the direction of Marcon, keeping always on the right-side cyclopedestrian; the road now takes the name Viale della Resistenza (SP 40). After 340 meters the cyclo-pedestrian turns right. You always follow it, entering the built-up area of Osteria Palazzetto. You always keep to the main road, continuing to follow the Marcon-Mestre signs and sidewalks. You always proceed straight, passing the Zero River and after 1.2.km you cross SP 40 again. Proceed straight on the straight stretch of SP 40 paying attention to traffic, because there are no guards and the sidewalk is found only near the village of San Liberale. When you reach the church in the village of San Liberale, in the municipality of Marcon, take Via Dante Alighieri (this is the street right in front of the church), go all the way along it and then turn left onto Via Ugo Foscolo. There is now a new intersection, at which you go right, following via Zuccarello, which leads to the hamlet of the same name. You always follow the main one. The road makes two zig-zag turns and crosses the Dese River after 2 km. It is not very busy, but it is narrow and there are no guards: pay attention. After passing the bridge over the Dese River, after 640 meters there is a crossroads and you turn right onto Litomarino Street. Follow it always passing under the highway to the church in Dese, after 3.9 km. At the church you go left, following Via Annia. You follow it for about 1.1. km. This street is also partially without a sidewalk. After 1.1. km you see a large square on the right. It is the Bosco Querini-Ottolenghi parking lot. You cross it and walk the entire gravel road, which is at the end of the square, going right. Those who wish can cross the grove. The gravel road, after 840 meters, leads to the railroad rencinction. Here you go left and continue straight ahead first on a gravel road, then paved: this is via Cà Solaro. After 1.3 km, past the Scolmatore canal, you find a traffic circle and go straight again. You thus enter the village of Carpanedo along via Pasqualigo. After a kilometer you find the large avenue of Martiri della Libertà , which you cross thanks to pedestrian traffic lights. You now go straight for 710 meters, keeping always on Via Pasqualigo, until the intersection with Via San Donà . You now go right, following the “traffic police” and “stadium” signs, reaching the Church of Carpanedo, after 770 meters. At the church you always keep to the main street, turning left and continuing on Garibaldi Avenue. Continuing straight ahead one reaches the Church of San Lorenzo Martire, after about 1.5 km. For those who wish, you can make a wider roundabout, turning right after 845 meters, remaining always on the bicycle path of Via Giovanni Verrazzano for 140 meters. At the traffic circle you go left for 360 meters onto Via Santa Maria dei Battuti until you find the church on the right. Turn right and then immediately left into via Daniele Manin, which you follow all the way to the intersection with via Luigi Einaudi. You now go right and then take the first left after 150 meters. After crossing the bridge over the Marzenego River, cross Piazzale Luigi Candiani and after 140 meters go left, reaching the Church of San Lorenzo Martire after 245 meters.
STAGE 15 – Mestre > Dolo
From the Church of San Lorenzo Martire continue toward the Giacomo Matteotti tunnel, crossing the Marzenego River. After 120 meters continue along the Via Rosa bicycle/pedestrian path to Piazzale Donatori di Sangue, meters 150. At the crossroads follow the bicycle/pedestrian path again, turning left, and at the next crossroads cross over the crosswalk onto Via Querini. You follow the bicycle/pedestrian path on this street, which then becomes Via Dante Alighieri, in the direction of the train station for 1.1 km. This brings you to the intersection with Via Stazione and you take the railway underpass, located on the left on the other side of Via Alighieri, which allows you to cross the tracks. The underpass exits onto the bicycle/pedestrian path of Via Giorgio Rizzardi, which you follow for 495 meters until you meet the traffic circle at Piazzale Lazzaro Giovannaci. You take the second exit continuing on the cyclopedestrian walkway on Via Giorgio Rizzardi in the direction of Marghera. You follow the avenue for about 280 meters at the end of which you turn left and continue on Piazza Sant’Antonio. You now use the bicycle/pedestrian paths present along this street by going straight ahead and crossing Piazza del Municipio, Piazza Mercato, and Piazza della Concordia. After about a kilometer you will find an intersection with traffic lights. One must proceed straight, however, using the pedestrian crosswalk on the right that allows one to cross the intersection by first bending onto Via Beccaria and then immediately left to return to Via della Rinascita. Go straight again on this avenue for 400 meters and after 3 intersections turn left onto Via del Lavoratore. At the next intersection you go right into via L. Pasini which you follow for 550 meters turning subsequently right into via Bottenigo. Having made the turn after a few meters on the left on the other side of the road you will see in intersection with a closed road sign. Paying close attention to the crossing, proceed to the street that is indicated closed: there is the bicycle-pedestrian crossing that goes through a small group of trees and leads to Via della Trebbiatrice. Proceed to the left until the intersection with Via dell’Avena. You cross the street at the crosswalk and go straight always on the sidewalk thus crossing the bridge. Just at the traffic lights go right into Colombera Street crossing a neighborhood with low houses. Go straight for 300 meters to the bridge with the Lusore Canal. Here you turn right crossing the canal and then cross another bridge at a close distance keeping always on the sidewalk. This brings you to the crosswalk that allows you to move to the left side and proceed along the dirt bike/pedestrian path that runs alongside the “La Nave de Vero ‘shopping center. This brings you to an underpass that allows you to cross the state road’ Romea”. Leaving the underpass, proceed left onto Via Colombara. After 360 meters, passing the Lusore canal, turn right following the course of the watercourse for about 2 km until you find a crossroads that you pass using the underpass present on the left side. You thus arrive on the other side of the road, which is still Via Colombrara, and follow it to the bridge. Here you turn right and then immediately left into Via Lusore continuing along the canal. You pay attention and cross the railway going straight ahead to the next bridge. You turn left onto Via Ghebba continuing straight ahead further on Via Risato and Bellini until you reach Oriago on the busy Via Venezia. At the traffic light on the right, cross the street on the crosswalk and cross the bridge taking you to the other side of the Brenta Canal. You proceed to the right courting the naviglio and proceed straight ahead for about 1.2 km until you come to a bridge. You do not cross it but follow the course of the road to the left proceeding on Via Risorgimento. You follow it using the sidewalk and bicycle path for about 1.5 km until you reach a traffic circle. You turn right onto Via Forte Poerio in the direction of Mira. After 740 meters there is another traffic circle and you go right into Via Giuseppe di Vittorio, which later becomes Riviera del Brenta, following it for about a kilometer to a bridge. Proceed to the right along Via delle Porte. After about 300 meters turn left and after 100 meters, having finished the curve, turn immediately right into Via del Cimitero. You go all the way along it crossing the busy Via Nazionale to thus reach the bicycle path that follows the Rio Serraglio. You follow it going straight ahead at intersections for about 5.5 km until you reach the intersection with Via Cairoli. Here you go left continuing along this street until you reach Dolo Cathedral after 760 meters.
STAGE 16 – Dolo > Padua
From the church in Dolo, go along Via Giacomo Matteotti and, after 180 meters, cross the 2 bridges over the Brenta Canal. After 360 meters you come to a crossroads. You keep right into via San Giacomo, which later becomes via Dolo, straight ahead until you reach, after 2.3 km, the traffic light in the village of Paluello. You pass the traffic light and continue straight on, arriving at the village. Continue straight, following the paved road and driving along Via Barbariga for 3.4 km. Near the town of Strà , the street goes back along the Naviglio del Brenta and, on the other side of the river, you can see Villa Pisani. Go straight on again for 1.1 km on Via Roma, which then becomes Riviera del Naviglio, as far as the locks from where the Naviglio originates. Turn right into Via IV Novembre and then take the first left into Via Montello. You follow it for 80 meters and take the first left again onto Via Vittorio Veneto. You follow this entire street until the intersection with Via Oltrebrenta. Turn left here and go straight on, crossing the bridge over the Brenta River after 340 meters and going straight along the Piovego canal, following via Argine Sinistro del Piovego, a dirt road. You follow the Piovego embankment for 4.6 km, passing under 2 underpasses. At the third, go up and continue along the right bank of the canal. You meet an underpass and, after 1.3 km, pass under the railway. You go right at the San Gregorio bridge and, getting off the bridge, turn immediately right into Vigonovese Street. Walk along it for about a hundred meters and take the second right into Via Pier Maria Rosso di San Secondo, which allows you to reach the embankment again. Reaching the canal, you go left until you reach Graissi Bridge, after 600 meters. You cross it by going right and keep left again along via Domenico Turazza. You always follow the Piovego bike path to the All Saints Bridge, after 1.5 km. Here you find the signs for the St. Anthony’s Way and follow them. You cross the bridge, going right and continuing straight along Via Ognissanti for 320 meters until you come to a traffic circle with the Church of Ognissanti. You go all the way around the traffic circle, taking the third exit and keeping the church on the right, entering Via Giuseppe Orus. You walk all the way along it until the intersection with Via San Massimo, at which you go right. You continue straight along this street, passing a traffic circle after 670 meters, and going straight into via Ospedale Civile, which then becomes via Melchiorre Cesarotti, and reaching the Basilica of St. Anthony after 740 meters.
STAGE 17 – Padua > Monselice
From the Basilica of St. Anthony one takes via Beato Luca Belludi, in front of the Basilica. You go all the way down it, about 300 meters, until you reach the Prato della Valle square. You cross it, going left and take Via Giosuè Carducci, following the signs for Venezia. You per- run the street for 500 meters and, at the junction, keep right, following the direction of travel of cars leaving Padua. You come to cross, after 100 meters, Via Marghera to which you go right. You follow it to the traffic circle at Piazza Santa Croce. You pass it by taking advantage of the crosswalks on the left, streetcar shelter side, and reach the opposite side of the street. You proceed to the left on the bicycle path, going straight for 390 meters, until you meet the turnstiles of a park on the right. You cross it, thus avoiding part of the busy road, taking you to the embankment of the Tronco Maestro. Upon reaching the embankment, go left to the Sostegno Bridge. You now go left, following the bicycle path and cross the road at the first crosswalk. You go right for 50 meters and before the bridge turn left along the bank of the Scaricatore canal. You follow it on the right side, taking the footbridge just ahead. After crossing the canal, continue to the right for 450 meters along the bicycle/pedestrian path, which flanks the watercourse and passes under the busy road. This route, although a bit longer, allows you to keep away from urban traffic. You arrive at the traffic light on Via Vittorio Veneto. You cross the crosswalk in front of you as you come out of the bike path. You go to the right and find a new crosswalk on Adriatica street, continuing straight ahead. You cross the bridge and go immediately left, following Lungargine dei Barcari, which runs alongside the Bisatto canal. You never leave the embankment. The route is sometimes unpaved and sometimes paved. You touch the towns of Abano Terme, Montegrotto Terme, Battaglia Terme until you reach Monselice from via Morano, after 18.8 km. You turn left at the bridge, where you can see the Bell Tower of the New Cathedral. You drive along via delle Grole and arrive at the traffic circle in Piazza della Vittoria in front of the cathedral.
STAGE 18 – Monselice > Carceri
Leaving behind Piazza della Vittoria in front of the cathedral, take Via delle Grole, crossing the bridge over the Bisatto canal; after 200 meters turn left and follow Via Argine Sinistro del canale Bisatto. You follow the paved road, which then becomes unpaved. After 1.5 km, you first pass under the Padova-Bologna railway and immediately after the Monselice-Mantova. Shortly after, you see the village of Marendole on the right. Continue along the embankment of the Bisatto canal, going straight ahead, passing a few bridges and crossing roads. The small road along the embankment takes various names, but you follow it. After 7.5 km you reach the town of Este and descend from the embankment, using the steps. The road takes the name Via Azzo II d’Este, cross it immediately and continue to the left, turning, after a few meters, at the first right into Via San Girolamo. You follow the avenue straight ahead for 330 meters until you meet the medieval city walls . You cross the street, still going straight into Via G. Negri, walking on the sidewalk, which runs alongside the walls, for 340 meters, and turn left, following the signs ‘Duomo” and reaching, after 70 meters, Piazza Santa Tecla and the Duomo. Keeping your back to the Cathedral of Santa Tecla, proceed to the right under the arcades of Via G. Garibaldi. You pass, after 215 meters, the San Francesco bridge and the road now becomes via I. Alessi. You thus arrive, after 180 meters, at the Church of Santa Maria della Consolazione. You continue by turning right, keeping as a reference the Church of the Blessed Virgin of Health, which you see in front. You thus proceed, always going straight and passing the church, along Via Francesconi, Via V. Pellesina, Via Maganza until you arrive, after 540 meters, at Via Augustea, in front of the cemetery. You turn left and after 790 meters of narrow, straight road with a bicycle and pedestrian path on the left, you pass the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Sorrows (Chiesa del Pilastro). You cross the Padania Inferiore state road (S.R. N°10), going right in the direction of the Tower and passing the bridge, using the pedestrian bridge. Passing it, you turn left, following the Santa Caterina canal into Via Riva di Fiume, going straight for 2.9 km and crossing a level crossing of the Monselice-Mantova railway and an underpass of the new freeway. Now follow the main road, which, beyond the underpass, takes the name Via Cancello and a little further on bends to the right and becomes Via Degora, beyond , and then Via Chiesa. Go straight on for about 2 km until you come to a crossroads with a cross and turn left onto via G. Marconi, arriving, after 180 meters, at Carceri Abbey.
Este variant > Montagnana
Keeping your back to St. Thecla Cathedral, continue to the left and, after 70 meters, turn left onto the sidewalk on Schiavin Street, following the signs for Vicenza. After 410 meters you will find a bridge on the left and cross it. As soon as you cross the bridge, coming out of the arched gate, take the first right, Via Sostegno, which continues along the right side of the Bisatto Canal. You follow it for 1.9 km until you meet the confluence with the Frassine River. Go straight on, without crossing the 2 bridges, and at the end of the road turn right into via Argine destra Frassine. You go up the embankment at the gravel bottom. Proceed along this street for 7.2 km until you meet a bridge, cross it and change the travel embankment. You now maintain the left embankment of the Frassine River for 6.9 km until you reach Borgo Frassine in the Municipality of Montagnana. From the Borgo Frassine Bridge, leave the Provincial Road, following the embankment of the Frassine River in the direction of Montagnana, keeping the visible red brick turret as a reference, following the signs and markers of the Frassine Nature Trail. After 600 meters of embankment, you reach the previously sighted turret, descend from the embankment using the steps and take the only white road there is : via Sperona. Follow it for 600 meters, until you reach an intersection, and turn left towards Borgo Frassine locality on via Fiumicello. After 240 meters, before the bridge and at the height of the high voltage tower, turn right, entering Fiumicello Park. To cross it, just follow one of the present paths, which are about the same length, about 1.5 km. The exit of the park is on a curve, and on the right you have Via dei Tigli. Go straight on, crossing the bridge and continuing on Via Tiro a Segno, which flows into Viale Trento. You always follow this street, which passes through the gates of the walls of the City of Montagnana, and following via Roma you arrive at the city’s cathedral after 515 meters.
Montagnana variant > Badia Polesine
At the Cathedral of the City of Montagnana, cross Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, keeping the Cathedral on the left. After about 100 meters, turn right onto Via Giacomo Matteotti, following the arcades. After 130 meters, you turn to the first street on the left, Viale dei Montagna, and follow it, exiting the south gate of the town after 150 meters. Go straight on again, passing the traffic lights: now the street is via Spalato. After 320 meters you turn right into Jacopo Parisato Street. Go straight ahead, crossing small neighborhood intersections, along the sidewalk of this street for 700 meters until you come to Lago Zorzi Street. Turn left in the direction of the sign indicating the end of the Montagnana municipal area. This is a paved street, with no sidewalk but not much traffic, that crosses the countryside. After 810 meters you pass the railroad tracks and continue straight along Via Agusparo until you find, after 1.1 km, a small capitol on the left. Continue to the right, keeping the main on Church Street and reaching Borgo San Marco after 330 meters. Just past the church, turn left into Via Cimitero and follow it all the time, meeting the cemetery on the left, passing scolo Monastero until reaching the village of Crosara, after 1 kilometer. Proceed straight ahead, making a wide curve, until you find, after 450 meters, the signs for Urbana on the left. Proceed straight ahead again, crossing Grompe locality and keeping the capitol on the right. Follow scolo Granze, proceeding straight ahead and reaching the village of San Salvaro, after 1.4 km. At a capital placed on a boundary wall on the left, turn right following Via Guglielmo Marconi and follow it to the next crossroads at which you turn left into Via Molinello, following the course of the Fratta River along the bicycle path. You cross the bridge on the right and reach the former Monastery of San Salvaro. Follow via Cavallona, the road that runs along the left bank of the Fratta River in front of the Abbey. You always follow the left embankment for 4.4 km. When you meet the bridge at Case Miotto, cross it in the direction of Merlara. You now follow the embankment on the right side of the Fratta River, which has a gravel bottom. Follow the embankment for 4.6 km until you meet the paved road and a bridge over the Fratta River. After crossing the bridge over the Fratta River, go straight for 470 meters along the Provincial Road, and pass scolo Gastaldia, at the bus stop, turning left. Continue straight along Gastaldia Street and following the watercourse for 1.4 km. Continue right along Via Nuova, passing scolo Castelbaldo and crossing Via Paiette after 1.7 km. You turn right, continuing along the bicycle path. After 270 meters you turn left, following via Roma and crossing the center of Castelbaldo. You thus arrive, after 890 meters at the embankment of the Adige River. You climb onto the embankment gravel road and follow it, going left. After 3.2 km you arrive at the bridge over the Adige River. Crossing the bridge over the Adige River on the right side, cross over the crosswalk and follow the small road that goes through the meadow and down past the trees. This path allows you to skirt Riviera Luigi Balzan Street. Go straight for about a kilometer, the street changes several names, but always go straight, until you meet the Church of St. John the Baptist in Vittorio Emanuele II Square.
Variant River Fratta > Montagnana
From the Cathedral of the city of Montagnana, cross Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, keeping the Cathedral on the left. After about 100 meters, you turn right onto Via Giacomo Matteotti, following the arcades. After 130 meters, you turn to the first street on the left, Viale dei Montagna, and follow it, exiting the south gate of the town after 150 meters. Crossing the street, you take the sidewalk to the left, following Via Circonvallazione Esterna Sud for 200 meters: here you turn right, following the signs for Merlara. You thus take Via Sant’Antonio, pass by the church dedicated to him and, after 345 meters, pass the train tracks. You now keep left, continuing on via Candiega, not following the road signs for Castelbaldo-Masi-Urbana. You proceed straight ahead along this street, also passing scolo Degorella Cemetery and, after a kilometer, you come to the intersection with Provincial Road No. 102 (via Belfiore), which connects Montagnana to Casale di Scodosia. You cross it, taking the road ahead: via Boschetto. You follow it, keeping always on the paved road for 2.1 km. You now find the intersection with via Argine and continue straight ahead taking via Fantazzo-Boschetto (the road in front of you). You follow it for 610 meters to the next intersection. You turn left onto Caodalbero Street. You now follow this street again for 800 meters until you come to a small traffic circle. Continue straight on, keeping the public gardens on the right and turning onto Via Marsotti. After 240 meters, at the crossroads, keep right into via Marconi and turn left again, taking the first street, which is via Campon. You continue on this for 340 meters and then cross via Castagna, where you turn right following the bicycle path. You follow it to the next intersection, which has a capital in the middle. You turn left onto via Stentarole Borghesani, which you follow for 270 meters, then taking the first right, which is via Sabbionara. You keep this road for 620 meters and then turn left into via Mori, which then becomes via Rondei. After 360 meters you turn left into via Ferrarina (note that there is no street name sign). Follow it, encountering a bridge over the Dottora drain, after 330 meters, cross it and continue straight ahead, continuing on the same street, which runs alongside the watercourse. After 1.2 km you meet a red-brick bridge over the Dottora drain, cross it and continue straight along Via Torino. Go straight on, reaching the church in the village of Minotte, and after 3.4 km you come to cross Provincial Road No. 19, which connects Castelbaldo- Merlara, at Boaria Canella. You turn left, continuing for 420 meters until you meet the bridge over the Fratta River. You cross it and follow the directions for STAGE T13AN-Fratta-Fiume Adige.
STAGE 19 – Carceri > Badia Polesine
Proceed straight ahead until you come to a traffic circle after 335 meters. Turn left in the direction of Vighizzolo, continuing along via Roma. You pass through the center of the village, from where you continue straight on, cross scolo Brancaglia, after 1.3 km, and cross via Cancello. The road now takes the name Via Nuova and you arrive, after 1.3 km, at the traffic circle of the Church of Vighizzolo d’Este. You keep to the right, crossing the square and continuing along via Roma. Go straight ahead, again crossing scolo Brancaglia, for 540 meters. When you reach the crossroads, turn left onto via Tre Canne. After 1.8 km, the road climbs above the embankment of the Santa Caterina canal, passes the Gorzone canal. You always follow the embankment of the Santa Caterina canal. The road changes names (via Tre Canne, via Laghetto, via Scagliara), but you always continue straight until you meet, after 3.6 km, Provincial Road No. 41. Just before reaching the provincial road, follow the road, which drops down from the embankment and turns to the right. This brings you to Provincial Road No. 41, which you should follow keeping to the right. After 1.6 km you will find a traffic circle and continue straight ahead along the bicycle path, which leads to the center of the village of Sant’Urbano, after 2.4 km. Go straight on, climbing the embankment of the Adige River and follow the watercourse to the right. You no longer leave the embankment and continue, passing under the highway until you reach, after 12.6 km, the bridge over the Adige River. You cross it by turning left in the direction of Badia Polesine and following the signs for STAGE T14AN-Adige River-Badia Polesine.
STAGE 20 – Badia Polesine > Sariano
Keeping the church of St. John the Baptist behind you, continue to the right along Via Sant’Alberto for 150 meters. Turn into Via Carducci and follow it going straight and crossing the Adigetto River after 150 meters. At the next intersection with traffic lights, you turn left following the sidewalk of Riviera Giovanni Miani in the direction of Verona-Mantova, which you follow for 80 meters. You follow the main one by going right into Via Cappuccini and follow it for 430 meters, passing the railway and continuing into Via Cappuccini. The sidewalk here ends, we cross the road and continue along the inner side of the road, which makes a wide curve here to reach housing. After 240 meters we find the sidewalk again on the affixed side of the road. You follow it for about a kilometer to the locality of Magona. Here we cross the road crossing the square and the Malopera canal, turn around the building present in the square and continue going left on Fratelli Cervi street. At the end of the road, we go right onto Via Spizzene, which, thanks to an underpass, allows us to cross State Road No. 34. Follow it again for 3 km until you cross via Gardese where you go left. This street crosses the countryside, is paved and has little traffic. Follow via Gardese for about 1 km, then go right crossing the bridge over the Fossa Maestra and reaching the village of Baruchella. After crossing the bridge, turn immediately left at the crossroads in the direction of Giacciano- Trecenta- Ferrara along via Roma. You follow it for 285 meters and turn left taking the long straight stretch of Via Professore Giuseppe Fiocco. You go straight for 670 meters to Madonna del Paneto locality. At the next intersection you turn left and then take the first right which is via Borgonuovo. You always follow it taking the second detour on the right after 1.4 km. You now go right continuing straight until you reach the embankment of the Canal Bianco. Continue along the stony embankment for 2.2 km and then turn right over the bridge thus crossing the canal. At the traffic circle just after the bridge, continue towards Ferrara and Trecenta. You cross Trecenta, turning right after 450 meters onto Via Canova. After 700 meters, you will find a small crossroads. You continue keeping to the main one, which bends left, continuing on via Argine Bottazza. You go straight for one kilometer until you meet a small lake: Gorgo Gaspera. You keep left skirting it. At the next intersection you go right, keeping Gorgo Gaspera on the right precisely, and take the first road still on the right on via Argine Bignozza always keeping the pond on the right. The road is unpaved, passes Gorgo Bianco and after 1.5 km arrives at Gorgo della Sposa. You turn left continuing on via Argine Bignozza for 270 meters. At the end of the road, you turn right along Via Raffaello Sanzio. You thus pass over the small wooden bridge of Gorgo della Sposa and, having finished, continue along the stone bicycle path that runs alongside the plantations of the Agricultural College. After 450 meters, the bicycle path turns right and you follow it, leaving the grove after 100 meters. Now continue straight on via Argine Circondario reaching the hamlet of Marzanata after a hundred meters. You always keep the main going straight for 1.6 km on a paved but low-traffic road. At the crossroads, you now turn onto Via Spadolina following it for 160 meters. You turn left reaching the church of Sariano and the hostel.
Badia Polesine variant > Moglia
Keeping the church of San Giovanni Battista behind Badia Polesine, continue to the right, going straight ahead in the direction of the bridge over the Adige River, which is reached after about a kilometer, preceding along Via degli Estensi, Via San Rocco, Via Pinzon and Riviera San Nicolò . Before crossing the bridge, take the dirt road to the left, following the Adige River embankment and keeping the watercourse to the right. Follow it all the time for 4.3 km, ignoring the small roads that descend on the left, until the road turns away from the river to bypass a small forest. You now find a road that allows you to descend from the embankment and follow it. At the base of the embankment, you will find a sign indicating Boschetto.The road becomes paved, continue straight on via F. Chieregato and cross the village of Villa d’Adige. Go straight on passing the Church of the Nativity of Mary and after a kilometer, you reach the intersection with the road from Badia Polesine to Castagnaro. Carefully pass it crossing also the railroad tracks. Go straight on for 290 meters still on Via F. Chieregato until you find a crossroads with a capital on the right. You follow to the right in the direction of Castagnaro along via Sabbioni, which you follow for 440 meters. You now find an intersection indicating for Castagnaro, to go straight ahead. Instead, you turn left following the unnamed paved road always following it for 690 meters. You will then come to the intersection with Provincial Road No. 49 a and turn left in the direction of Menà , and then immediately right along the road with the sign indicating “30 kilometer per hour limit,” after a few meters and before the curve (it is still Via Sabbioni). Follow it even when the road becomes unpaved, going straight ahead and passing under the Transpolesana (S.S. No. 434) after 570 meters. Be careful if it has rained recently because the underpass may have puddles of water. After 230 meters you cross a road that leads to a parking lot, continue straight through the fields until it joins another dirt road after 610 meters. Turn left onto via Argine Valle, the road does not have an identification sign, and keeping to the left a canal, proceed for 880 meters in open country. You come to a crossroads at a house flanked by a shed and the sign indicating via Argine Valle: turn right onto a paved road. You follow it to a stop sign at a crossroads. Continue left at the crossroads for via Vecchia Menà ; on the other side of the road, to the right, is a large old farm complex and, on the side of the road, a capitol. Follow it for 1.8 always on a paved road until you reach an outfall of the Fossa Maestra along Provincial Road No. 47 (via Fossa Maestra). You follow it going to the right, driving along it for 4.1 km until you reach the San Zeno in Valle bridge. You cross it passing on the other side of the Fossa Maestra canal on Via Marola. After 380 meters you go up, going to the right, on the embankment of the Canal Bianco (or Tartaro), the road is named via Argine del Tartaro. You will then come to another bridge, after 1.4 km, and cross it over the watercourse, at Sardagnola. You cross it and continue straight on via Duranta. After 1.9 km of paved road, you reach San Pietro Polesine, visible from a distance thanks to the two onion-shaped bell towers of its church. At the stop sign on via Duranta, turn right into via Cavo Bentivoglio, pass in front of the church and continue straight on in the direction of Legnago, skirting a ditch on the left. After 800 meters, you will find a small bridge with a lock over the ditch and, a little further on, another bridge with metal shoulders. Turn left across the ditch and continue straight on Cavo Bentivoglio Street, passing a house on the right, and always going straight even when the street becomes dirt. You follow the partly tree-lined dirt road. Go straight ahead for 2.8 km until you reach a paved road: via Argine di Valle. Turn left and after 300 meters, at the first fork in the road, go right onto via Cagnona, direction Castelmassa. Go straight on, following the signs for Castelmassa, passing the intersection with via di Mezzo, and arriving after 1.2 km at the intersection with Regional Road No. 482. You pass it going straight in the direction of Castelmassa and taking the road on the right going over the guardrail. Continue straight on via Argine Vegri for about 1 km. At the stop sign at the end of the street, turn left and, shortly after, take the first road on the right into Via Castello, which is busy. Follow it for 210 meters and at the next large intersection continue in the direction of Sermide, turning left onto via delle Provincie (Regional Road No. 43). The road is busy and climbs toward the Po embankment and the next bridge leading into Lombardy, in the province of Mantua. You cross the bridge keeping to the left sidewalk and, at the end of the bridge, a small staircase allows you to descend to the road below, which runs for a while on the riverbank. Follow via Argine Po for 800 meters, keeping the river on the right, and then go down the embankment taking via Damiano Chiesa. After 350 meters you go right on via N. Bixio, make a left and then a right turn, and at a fork go left on via E. Fermi until you cross Provincial Road No. 34 (via A. Volta). You go right and almost immediately come to the small square in front of the church in Moglia.
Castelnovo Bariano variant > Calto
From Provincial Road No. 43, which leads from Castelnovo Bariano to Sermide, take the road on the left down to the Po River, before the slightly uphill ramp of the bridge itself. The road is called Via Argine Po and you follow it for 270 meters until you get onto the riverbank. Here you continue by going left and following the course of the Po River along the paved, traffic-restricted bicycle path. After 6.4 km you arrive, still staying on the embankment, in the municipality of Calto, which can be accessed thanks to the stairs found there. You then follow the signs for STAGE T2NL-Sariano-Stellata.
Variant Moglia > Starry
From the church in Moglia, go left along Provincial Road No. 34 (Via A. Volta). After a few meters, turn left onto Via E. Fermi and at the next intersection turn right onto Via N. Bixio. You follow it for 640 meters. At the next intersection you go left into Via Damiano Chiesa and climb up the embankment of the Po River after 360 meters. You now continue on the paved embankment going right and keeping the river on the left. Follow it continuously for 16 km until you reach the bridge over the Po River near the village of Stellata. Here the bicycle path makes a detour with a sharp bend that leads to the square in Stellata after about 300 meters.
STAGE 21 – Sariano > Stellata
From the hostel in Sariano, keeping it behind you, go left following provincial road No. 11. Follow it for 1.4 km passing a bridge and meeting, on the left, an artificial irrigation canal made of concrete above ground, which runs alongside the road. At the fork, continue straight ahead keeping the artificial canal on the left and continuing on St. Anthony Street. Follow it for 3.2 km until you reach the junction with provincial road No. 11 leading to Ceneselli. To reach the village, it is inadvisable to cross at this point. It is better to follow the provincial road to the right, make the large traffic circle that is encountered shortly after and continue along the straight road that, after one km, leads us to the Church of the Annunciation of Mary Most Holy of Ceneselli, which houses a statue of St. John Paul II Pope inside. To continue the walk, from the church we retrace the road back and after about 2 km we find the paved bicycle path that from Ceneselli leads directly to Calto, following Provincial Road No. 11. After about 2.3 km going always straight in the direction of Calto and also passing a traffic circle, you arrive at the center of the village finding the town hall on the right and the church on the left. Go straight ahead along Via Vittorio Emanuele and you will reach the embankment of the Po River after 330 meters. Climbing the steps to reach the top of the embankment, you go left along the paved traffic-restricted bicycle/pedestrian path of via Argine Po. Follow it again and again for 9 km until you find a small parking lot on the right and benches: in front you can see the bridge over the Po River. You climb the bridge using the ladders that are present in the parking lot. You cross the bridge keeping between the guardrail and the protective net. Beyond the bridge over the Po, there are ladders that allow you to descend to the bicycle path and continue to the hamlet of Stellata, which can be seen on the right as you cross the bridge. From the steps down to Stellata it is about 200 meters.
STAGE 22 – Stellata > Finale Emilia
From the square in Stellata, continue on Via Alessandro Pepoli and, after about 300 meters, go up the embankment of the Po River. Continue to the right, keeping the course of the river on the left. After about 1.3 km you pass a first lock going left and following the signs for Bondeno. After 300 meters you meet a second, larger one on the Po diverter and continue on via Comunale going straight ahead. You always keep on the paved road, keeping on top of the embankment and following the course of the Panaro River. You always follow it for 4.9 km, avoiding the side roads on the right, until you reach the fork. You keep the road further to the right, going downhill along a long straight stretch, passing under the railway and arriving after 1.6 km at a bridge over the Panaro River in the municipality of Bondeno. You cross it and continue to the right on Via Dazio, the first road after the bridge. Always follow the paved embankment, now keeping the Panaro River on the right. You pass an intersection after 850 meters and continue straight along the embankment. After 2.8 km, you cross the watercourse again at Santa Bianca. Past the pedestrian bridge, you continue left along the embankment of the Panaro River. You follow it, always avoiding the side roads on the right and arriving after 8.1 km, after the bypass underpass, at a curved intersection with Provincial Road No. 10. You cross the road, continuing along the bicycle path on the opposite side. There are no crosswalks: therefore, pay close attention. You now follow the cyclopedestrian path curving to the right into Via degli Agostiniani. You now follow this straight for about 400 meters until you come to a traffic circle. Now proceed to the left along the sidewalk in the direction of the Finale Emilia Civic Museum. Go straight on, passing the Civic Museum and Piazza Baccarini for about a kilometer. Turn left onto Via Martiri della Liberazione and follow it for a hundred meters, turning left again into Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi and reaching the church of San Bartolomeo there in the square.
STAGE 23 – Finale Emilia > Bomporto
From St. Bartholomew’s Church proceed to the right by taking the first street on the right. On the corner the building bears a coat of arms. After 110 meters, at the stop sign, you turn right onto Via Giovanni Zuffi driving along it for 130 meters turning left onto Via Aurelio Saffi, continuing on the sidewalk and entering the street that carries a no-car zone. You cross the parking lot on the left and follow the road on the left side, paying attention to cars, continuing straight for 250 meters until you find the bridge. You now cross the road and climb the grassy embankment. You now follow the left bank of the Panaro River keeping precisely the watercourse on the left. You follow the course of the river on grassy ground for 1.5 km until you find the paved road again. Follow it for about 1 km to the sign indicating San Lorenzo locality. Here the paved road turns right. Proceed on the grassy embankment continuing straight and following the course of the river to the left. One always follows the embankment. After 5.6 km you find a paved road, via Passo di Cà Bianca, and a bridge. You cross the road and continue always keeping the river to the left still on the grassy embankment. Proceed for 8.3 km, passing the railway underpass, until you reach the bicycle/pedestrian crossing on Provincial Road No. 568 (Crevalcore Provincial Road) near the town of Camposanto. Proceed straight ahead always following the embankment, which has a paved section, for 4.3 km. You now reach a paved road, it is via Argine Panaro. You follow it for 300 meters to a bridge. Go straight ahead again on the embankment of the stone bicycle path that is called the Panaro Riviera. The road then becomes grassy but continue on the embankment, avoiding the small roads on the right, until the bridge in the municipality of Bomporto, after 6.3 km.
STAGE 24 – Bomporto > Modena
The road then becomes grassy but always continue on the embankment, avoiding the small roads on the right until the bridge in the municipality of Bomporto, after 6.3 km. You cross the Panaro River thanks to the pedestrian crossing. You do not descend the steps back to the road level, but continue on the grassy embankment keeping the river on the left. After 400 meters you cross a bridge over the Panaro River again. The bridge is narrow and care must be taken walking between the bridge structure and the railing. After passing the bridge, cross the road and follow the Panaro River keeping it on the right side. You follow it for 3.5 km keeping the watercourse on the right. You then descend to the paved road of Via Pioppi. Follow it for 1.2 km, then turn right onto via Luigi Carlo Farini, in Campazzo. You go straight ahead for 1.5 km, turning left onto via San Lorenzo. You follow this street for 730 meters and turn right before a ditch continuing always on via San Lorenzo. You cross the ring road thanks to the underpass and go straight ahead until you meet a traffic circle, after 1.1 km. You now follow the paved bicycle path of Via Fossa Signora going right. After about a hundred meters, you pass a traffic circle and turn left a little further on to Via Cesare Battisti. At the intersection at the end of the avenue, follow the signs to San Silvestro Abbey, which you will reach after about 300 meters. From the square of San Silvestro Abbey, proceed straight on Via Roma, keeping the church behind you. You walk the entire street, passing by the tower with the clock, until you reach the intersection with Castelfranco Provincial Road No. 14. Cross the road at the crosswalk present on the right, and continue left in the direction of Modena along the bicycle path on a tree-lined avenue. You follow the straight road that runs alongside Provincial Road No. 255 for 630 meters until you see that the road curves to the left at an intersection. You cross the crosswalk and proceed left into Rebecchi Street. You follow this street, on a paved surface, for 2.5 km following the sidewalk where present. Continue straight ahead avoiding the side streets until the stop sign with Via Maestra Bagazzano, in the locality of Bagazzano, which has a red brick capital right in front. Proceed to the right on this street and, after 300 meters, take the first road on the left at the sign indicating the hamlet of Bagazzano, in Via Malcantone. You follow the straight stretch of this narrow road for 750 meters and turn left at the stop sign into Via Imperiale Ovest. Follow it for 390 meters turning to the first right at the small brick bridge, which is via Ortigara. You continue always following the main of this street which then becomes via Buonvino, avoiding the laterals and passing the underpass of the high-speed railway line , for 2.9 km. This leads to the stop sign with Via Olmo. You proceed to the right, following the signs for a T-closed road. You always follow it even when the roadbed becomes dirt, skirting the railway on the left, until you reach the railway line underpass after 1.1 km. You turn left past the tracks and continue skirting the Panaro River, which you have on your right, along the headland until you reach the unpaved Stradello Panaro bicycle path. You go right crossing the bridge and continue straight ahead for 525 meters. The road curves to the right: you keep to the main one and turn left a little further on following the bicycle path along the tree-lined avenue of Via Stradello Romano. You always go straight for 680 meters and cross the road into Viale Caduti sul Lavoro. You continue right along the tree-lined avenue for 110 meters. You turn left onto the paved bicycle path and further on you keep right continuing on the asphalt and crossing the countryside. You come out at the gas station on Independence Avenue and continue to the left, still on the bicycle path. Continue straight ahead for 3.9 km along the bicycle path that is on the right side of the avenue, which often changes name, but always following the signs for downtown Modena. You pass a series of traffic circles and intersections, passing under the overpasses of State Road No. 9, Via Emilia, and the railroad until you reach Via Paolo Ferrari, where you will find the end of the road with some steps in front of it. You turn left onto Viale Guido Mazzoni and pass the traffic circle that is located after a few hundred meters, crossing it thanks to the pedestrian traffic light on the left. You thus pass Piazza Natale Bruni by going right across the street until you reach the corner of Corso Vittorio Emanuele II. You proceed by going right along this street for 350 meters. You turn right onto Corso Camillo Benso Conte di Cavour. At the first street on the left, you turn, continuing on Viale III Febbraio until you reach Piazza San Domenico. Continue left, making the corner of the Military Academy building and crossing Piazza Roma. Continue straight along Largo San Giorgio, passing in front of the church of the same name after a hundred meters. The avenue then becomes Via Luigi C. Farini and you follow it for 250 meters to the intersection with Via Emilia Centro. You go right at the crossroads, and after a few hundred meters, you reach Piazza Torre on the left. You cross it and pass under the arches of Via Lanfranco, which can be seen on the right, and which skirt the Cathedral of Modena. You thus reach the main facade of Modena Cathedral and continue straight ahead passing under the arch.
STAGE 25 – Modena > Spilamberto
You then go left toward Piazza Grande and cross it all going in the direction of the clock. You take via Castellaro and follow it for 120 meters, then turn right into via Canalino. At the next crossroads after 50 meters you go left again into via Canalino. You follow it, always going straight at the various intersections you come across until, after 400 meters, you come to the bicycle/pedestrian traffic light on Viale delle Rimembranze. You cross it at the crosswalk and continue straight ahead along Via Don Celestino Cavedoni. Now continue along the street for 250 meters, going left at the intersection with viale Carlo Sigonio. After a few meters on the left side of the street, you will find a telephone booth and a bus stop shelter. On the other side of the street, you will find the intersection with Morane street. You therefore cross the road and continue to the right along Strada delle Morane, which you follow going straight for 740 meters until you cross the level crossing. Once you cross the tracks you go right on the bicycle/pedestrian path that makes a wide curve. You stay always on the bicycle/pedestrian path and after 800 meters you come to a traffic circle. You cross it you still go straight for 300 meters along the tree-lined avenue. You cross the road at the crosswalk on Via Pallanza and turn back toward the intersection taking advantage of the underpass. You then come to a green area in the city’s residential neighborhoods and continue left on a bicycle path. After about a hundred meters, you come to a first crossroads: turn left onto Cesare Terranova Street. You continue on the sidewalk, keeping a large parking lot on the left, and go straight onto Via Carlo Casalegno. You pass a traffic circle and after 130 meters, you go left along the bicycle/pedestrian path that allows you to arrive, after 550 meters, at the intersection with traffic lights on Via Toscana. You cross and go straight ahead, still on the bicycle/pedestrian path that goes from Modena to Vignola. The track has intersections with various roads that you come across, but you always keep it until you arrive, after 5 km, at San Donnino. After the traffic circle you have on the left, cross the Vignolese provincial road, leaving the bicycle path, and continue on the sidewalk from where you can see that the track continues on the other side of the road. After 300 meters you come to the church of San Donnino and continue straight ahead, walking on the inside towards the park of the church itself along the edge of the road. This avoids 120 meters of walking on the road, which has no protection here. Having crossed Via Grande, one continues straight on passing the small bridge and has to walk 180 meters of busy road, however. Pay particular attention to the section just after the small bridge, which is in a semi-curve. In fact, having traveled these tens of meters, you will find the protective guardrail beyond which you can walk. Once the guardrail is over, keep left and continue along Stradello Barca, leaving Provincial Road No. 623 (Strada Vignolese). Follow Stradello Barca for 1.3 km until you find a driveway on the right that, after 120 meters, leads to the Panaro River expansion tanks. Now take a right onto the bicycle path that, following the course of the Panaro River to the left, leads to Spilamberto. You follow the gravel path, passing under the highway, and after 7.4 km at the first bridge you leave the nature trail to exit in the direction of Spilamberto. Follow the signs to the town, without going under the underpass, and continue along Via Passetto, which runs alongside the big busy road, Via Circonvallazione Nord. You follow it for 270 meters to the crosswalk on the left. You cross the road and continue, again turning left, onto Via San Giovanni. After 240 meters you reach an intersection with 2 churches, one on each side of the road, and turn left, onto via Corso Umberto I, toward Rangoni Castle.
STAGE 26 – Spilamberto > Samone
Keeping Castello Rangoni behind you, proceed straight on Via Corso Umberto I and turn right at the first intersection onto Via San Giovanni. After 240 meters, cross the crosswalk on Via Circonvallazione Nord to continue right onto Via Passetto. This road allows you to return to the Panaro River bike path. When you reach the dirt track that runs alongside the river, continue to the right in the direction of Vignola. You never leave the nature trail unless you want to visit the town of Vignola, which can be reached after 8 km, and Marano sul Panaro, which is another 5 km from Vignola. Those who want to in Vignola can cross the bridge and follow STAGE T11NL-Savignano sul Panaro-Vignola-Marano sul Panaro, backwards, to reach the hill of Savignano sul Panaro with its castle and the church of the Beata Vergine Assunta. Proceed otherwise, still along the nature trail (called the “Sun Route”) for 18.6 km, always skirting the right bank of the Panaro. You follow it past Marano sul Panaro until you reach the locality of Casona, from where a bridge shortly afterwards allows you to cross to the other side of the river. After crossing the bridge, take the road that climbs to the right, and then again to the right, the sign indicating the Sassi di Rocca Malatina Regional Park. The road is called Via Ponte Casona, then takes the name Via Fondovalle. Continue for 1.2 km until you find steps on the left and the CAI 400/2 path indicating Pieve di Trebbio. Follow it and start climbing. After about 600 meters you meet path 410. Keep to the CAI 400/2 signs at all times. The path crosses the park along a nature trail through the woods where you can cross some small bridges. It is well marked and maintained. You follow it all the time until you meet the paved road of Via Fondovalle, after 2.7 km of ascent. Continue left toward the signs for Pieve di Trebbio, which you reach after 360 meters. Continue straight along via Casa Giusti and then along via del Partigiano, always following CAI path 400/2 in the direction of Le Serre and Rocca di Sotto, going straight uphill. After 1.2 km, at the fork you keep right slightly downhill until you reach the church. You continue straight on CAI 400/2 path, passing some remains of “Mulino della Riva” and crossing a chestnut grove until you reach the paved road again after 2 km. You have reached Castellino Street in Castellino delle Formiche locality and proceed right following the road to this locality . When you reach the church, after 600 meters, continue left following the signs toward Samone-Montalbano-Zocca, passing in front of a house and continuing uphill again along a dirt road. You arrive, after 900 meters, at Via Varrobbie and continue right on a paved road for 650 meters to the intersection with Provincial Road No. 26. On the left is the Samone post office.
Spilamberto variant > Savignano sul Panaro > Marano sul Panaro
Keeping Castello Rangoni behind you, proceed straight on via Corso Umberto I and turn right at the first intersection into via San Giovanni. Continue on Via Circonvallazione Nord, cross the bridge over the Panaro River and after one kilometer, turn right onto Via Largo Orlandi. You follow it for its entire length and turn left onto Via Sandro Pertini, which you follow until you reach the intersection with Castelfranco Provincial Road No. 14. You go right, following the main one for 1.9 km. At the intersection you turn right onto Via Gandhi and then take the first road on the left, which is Via Manelle. You always follow it for 1.5 km and then go left, passing the barrier and going, shortly after, left in the direction of the Panaro River. You follow it for 1.4 km on a dirt road, and then turn left onto a paved road. After a hundred meters you take the first road to the right and then left again after 400 meters, until you reach via L. Vecchiati, which you follow going right just before Provincial Road No. 14. You follow it for 1.6 km and turn right at the intersection. You thus return to the path of the Panaro River, which you follow, passing under the railway, for 630 meters. You continue left and a little further on turn right in the direction of Savigano sul Panaro. Cross State Road No. 569, leaving the town behind, and go straight up along Via Vigna, which allows you to reach the top of the ancient hill, with the castle and the Beata Vergine Assunta church.
Savignano sul Panaro variant > Vignola > Marano sul Panaro
From the ancient hill you descend along Via Vigna, crossing the road in front of the town hall and continuing along Via Doccia. At the fork you keep left on via della Vecchia. You return to the path on the bank of the Panaro River and continue left, keeping the river on the right. You always follow it, on a dirt road surface, for 1.9 km until you reach the bridge leading to Vignola. Those who wish can visit the town and then continue with STAGE T9LO-Spilamberto-Samone, otherwise continue straight along Via Cassino. You thus skirt the Panaro riverbank for about 5 km until you reach the bridge at Marano sul Panaro, which you must cross and then continue with STAGE T9NL-Spilamberto-Samone.
STAGE 27 – Samone > Montese
From the Samone post office, keeping it behind you, proceed left along Provincial Road No. 26 always following the CAI 400/2 trail signs. you cross the whole village and, after 600 meters, continue uphill along Via Castellana (paved and uphill). You always follow it, without leaving the signs, crossing the farmyard of a farm after 500 meters and proceeding uphill to the top of the knoll on a dirt road. Reaching it, continue to the right until you find the asphalt road near the sign indicating 1538 with the CAI sign (Ca’ Nicolai locality) below it. You go straight in the direction of CAI path 400/2 (variant 1/C route Sassi di Roccamalatina Regional Park), which you follow again and again now in the direction of Mount Cisterna- Montalbano-Zocca. You reach Mount Cisterna and its small church after 2.1 km and continue in the direction of Serra Montalbano- Montalbano-Zocca, which you reach after 1.2 km. Proceed downhill, still following the CAI 400/2 path (variant 1/C route Sassi di Roccamalatina Regional Park), until you reach the village of Montalbano in Borgo Antico street, after 600 meters. Go through the village and, having reached the main paved road of Via Montalbano (on a bend), continue uphill towards the cemetery. Go up for 730 meters and turn right, following the CAI sign on the plan, toward a house that has a millstone on the driveway on the left, the entrance to which has an arched stone face wall. You skirt the wall and always follow the CAI 400/3 markers, continuing straight ahead. You thus arrive, after 550 meters, at the asphalt road and continue straight ahead, still slightly uphill for about a hundred meters, turning right onto a dirt road following path CAI 400/3 . The road goes downhill and then uphill until you find an asphalt road again, via Rame, which you follow by going right along path CAI 400/3. You follow it always going in the direction of Rosola. After 400 meters you return to an asphalt road, follow it to the left for 160 meters and then turn right, still following CAI 434 Rosola signs, until you reach Rosola after 600 meters. Cross it and proceed, at the junction with the asphalt road, to the left to descend to Rosola Street. You must now follow the asphalt road to the left, shortly after you come to a bend with 2 bridges (one of which collapsed) and always follow the asphalt road. After 2.2 km you reach the trivium in Semelano and proceed following the right road in the direction of the church, which you can see, along Via Pradalera. Follow CAI path 434 towards Montese with a continuous up and down, but always well marked. After 4.9 km you reach via Mignolino, a paved road, which you follow for a few dozen meters going left. You then go up, still following path 434, on capezzagna that enters a grove and then becomes paved again after 250 meters. Continue going left and reaching Provincial Road No. 27 after 1 km. Now follow Provincial Road No. 27 for 1.2 km until you reach the town of Montese.
STAGE 28 – Montese > Fanano
Keeping the town of Montese behind you, proceed to the right go straight along via Panorama. After about a hundred meters, before the curve to the left, follow the CAI sign marked on the guardrail and take the small road that descends toward the valley floor. After 600 meters you arrive near a water purifier and go up the hill following the CAI 400/A signs. Following the signs that lead us on a headland, you arrive after 1.3 km, at the paved road. Continue to the right for 200 meters and, before the bend, turn right. The CAI markers are on the small house the brick on the left and on the right you see a small capital. You pass the parking lot and continue straight ahead for 350 meters. Pay attention now: just before the ascent, there is a headland on the left. You follow it, crossing a small wood. After 270 meters you meet the paved road again. Proceed to the right following the CAI 400/A path, continuing along Provincial Road No. 34. After 380 meters you reach the square of the church in Maserno. Proceed to the right following the Montespecchio-Ponte Chiozzo signs and the CAI 446-436 signs. You thus pass in front of the church and after a hundred meters continue left following the Riva Street signs “101 to 131” and the CAI 436 sign toward San Martino. You then descend towards Maserno vecchio, which you reach after 800 meters. The path comes out again on a paved road and you continue left following now the CAI 448 signs. After 170 meters, before the bend, take the small road on the right following CAI 448 signs. Proceed downhill until you meet a house, keep left and cross a small bridge. Just after the bridge you will find the CAI 448 sign, to be followed uphill for 500 meters. This brings you to the paved road. A few dozen meters before reaching Provincial Road No. 34, there is another road on the right that runs parallel to the provincial road but has less traffic: it is Via Lazzari. You follow it, driving along it for 1.3 km until you reach a church. Continue to the courtyard of the houses and follow it to the left along the headland. You go through cultivations, and cross a small bridge until you meet the paved road after 865 meters. You go left, uphill. At the intersection a little further on, you go right on Roncola Street. After 500 meters, you go right crossing a bridge after about ten meters. You follow it always continuing on Roncola Street for 2.6 km until you reach the village square of Castelluccio. On the right you can see the church bell tower, a small capital and the CAI sign. Continue following the main road and making the wide curve uphill, keeping left at the fork a little further on and continuing along La Palto street (again with CAI signs). Walk straight on this uphill road until you meet after 500 meters, Provincial Road No. 34. You follow it for curve one km and at the fork you keep right continuing on Provincial Road No. 66 which you continue to follow for 1.3 km to locality Corona. You now turn right, still following the CAI markers descending towards La Polla locality that you reach after 1.2 km. Having crossed the hamlet, continue to descend always following the CAI markers. Thus you come to Provincial Road No. 324 and the sign, on the right, indicating the locality of Rocca Corneta. Continue to the right, covering 60 meters of Provincial Road and then turn to the first road on the left. Follow the road to the Rocca, go around it following the 5 capitals in a row and take the headland downhill on the left until you reach the Dardagna stream after 900 meters. You cross it thanks to the bridge and go up the escarpment with a steep climb. After 2.2 km you reach the church of Trignano in the locality of l’Osteria. You pass it by continuing to climb straight for 300 meters, always following the CAI signs. You come out on an asphalt road with the aqueduct in front and continue right in the locality of Casa Grigi. Follow via Pedroni, paved road, entering the Parco Regionale Alto Appennino Modenese. Follow the paved road for 890 meters and turn right to descend along the headland just at the sign indicating via Serrazzone. Follow the headland to the right, passing Fosso delle Sassaie and crossing the paved road again after 1.1 km. On the road you go right continuing on via Serrazzone. After a few tens of meters, just after making the turn, follow the CAI path downhill that allows you to cross the field. You come to a paved road and continue straight ahead, uphill, until you find Via Serrazzone after 520 meters. Continue right reaching the village of Serrazzone after a hundred meters. Continue straight keeping the church on the left. Past the church, going downhill on the left, there is a small park from where the path starts and following it leads to the locality of Ponti in the municipality of Fanano after 1.2 km. The descent is steep and care must be taken. Descending to the paved road of Via Serrazzone, continue left, crossing the bridge and shortly after, still going straight, cross another one. After about a hundred meters from the second bridge on the left you will see steps, marked CAI, made of stone going up. You take the path and always following it you arrive at the center of Fanano, after700 meters. You will now find signs for the church of Fanano.
STAGE 29 – Fanano > Capanno Tassoni
Keeping the Fanano church behind you, go left past 2 Oratories and continue left into Via Neruzzi. At the crossroads, after 300 meters, cross the road and continue straight along Via Piano. Shortly after, at the crossroads, go straight again keeping the sports facilities on the left, continue straight along Via Palazzo. After 360 meters you reach the stop sign at Via Abà . Proceed right uphill keeping the signs for Fellicarolo. After about a hundred meters, before the curve, go left following the CAI trail 425 signs and continuing on via Madonna del Ponte. You go straight along this road that is marked T-closed and after 560 meters you cross the Fellicarolo stream and continue along the path. You are in the Modenese Apennine Regional Park. The trail climbs for 2.3 km and you meet the paved road leading to the hamlet of Ospitale. You cross it and continue straight ahead, descending and crossing the Ospitale stream. You follow the CAI path and the signs for Ospitale of the “I sentieri del Frignano” signs. You thus touch on the localities of Pianeto, Le Piagge, Ponte Nuovo, La Sega and Casa Nuova until you reach the hamlet of Ospitale after 4.1 km. You cross the square passing in front of the church and take the path in front of the church between the 2 houses. You follow it all the time. This path, numbered CAI 413-415, crosses the road several times because it goes straight up cutting hairpin bends. You always follow it reaching Rifugio Capanno Tassoni after 2.6 km. Be careful because the pavement is old and can be slippery.
STAGE 30 – Tassoni Hut > Cutigliano
From Rifugio Capanno Tassoni you continue uphill to Croce Arcana Pass. You can decide to follow the stony road or CAI trail 413-415. the trail is a bit shorter and reaches 1669 meters of Croce Arcana Pass after 2.5 km. You cross the gravel plaza of the pass and go straight down into Tuscan territory, now following the signs for the trail to Doganaccia. The trail is marked CAI 6. After 1.8 you reach the hamlet of Doganaccia in the municipality of Cutigliano. Follow via dei Cacciatori, downhill to San Gualberto Lake, which is reached after 1.3 km. Continue again on a paved road for 1.5 km until you find an equipped area on the left. Here a CAI trail starts that goes through the woods and leads to Cutigliano. The path in places is characterized by the “mushroom path.” You follow it always downhill, reaching the town center after 6.7 km. You go through the entire historic center reaching the village church dedicated to St. Bartholomew.
STAGE 31 – Cutigliano > Pontepetri
The STAGE resumes by going around the church of San Bartolomeo, continuing along the traffic light on Pietro Pacioni Street. After 250 meters, at the fork in the road, follow right along Via Ippocastani. The path is now paved and pedestrian, the only cars encountered are those of the inhabitants of this street. After 480 meters you keep to the right, abandoning via Ippocastani and proceeding along the path through the forest keeping flat for a good part, until you descend to the valley floor. You cross the bridge over the Volata stream and then climb back up to the hamlet of Pratale in the municipality of San Marcello Pistoiese. The path is marked CAI and reaches Via Pratale, paved in part, after 1.6 km, crosses it and goes straight up along the field headland. Until it reaches Via La Sala. You follow it going uphill, to the left, even when you reach the road the main road. After about a kilometer, you reach the village of Lizzano Pistoiese and turn right onto via Bebbio. You pass by the village church, cross a stream (Municipal ditch) and after 480 meters leave the paved road and continue right following the headland. You pass a farm and then a house and cross the Rio di Cecco. The path continues into the woods and allows you to cross the hill, arriving again at the paved road after 1.5 km. You now reach Provincial Road No. 18, which you must follow going right for 3.5 km until you reach San Marcello Pistoiese. You arrive in this municipality by driving along Via Massimo d’Azeglio and, at the hairpin bend, continue straight on Via Santa Caterina. Following this street in fact you arrive at the church of the same name, which makes a corner, go right and then left until you reach Piazza Giacomo Matteotti. You continue straight ahead taking advantage of the sidewalk to the right of State Road No. 66 crossing the entire village. You walk along the tree-lined avenue of State Road No. 66 for 1.6 km until you leave the village. In the last section, the street has no sidewalk and one has to walk on the side of the road taking due care. At a certain point, before a hairpin bend, the old railroad track that led to Gavinana starts on the left. The track is now used as a bicycle/pedestrian path: follow it until you reach the village of Gavinana after 3.3 km. The bottom of the path is mixed, gravel and asphalt. You reach the village by coming out on the Variante Lizzanese Provincial Road and going right. After about a hundred meters, for those who wish to visit the center of Gavinana, they can go up to the left along Via Porta Pievana, which reaches the center of the village after about 500 meters. Otherwise go straight on, still on the Variante Lizzanese Provincial Road for 2 km, until you find on the right a headland with signs for the bicycle path. Follow it always proceeding on a false level, crossing an asphalt road and continuing slightly uphill always on a stony surface. You thus arrive after 1.8 km to meet the Lizzanese Provincial Road. You continue downhill on the right for about a hundred meters, and turn at the first road on the left. You thus enter the village of Maresca and follow toward the center following Borgo Freddo Street. At the intersection with Via Risorgimento, there is a cornering pharmacy, go left slightly uphill until you reach the church. Now continue going straight on via della Vittoria, passing the intersection with via Case Alte and keeping right, still on via della Vittoria, at the next curve with a fork. Still following this street you arrive after 500 meters at the post office, on the right, while on the left you have another building. You go around it by crossing Station Square and the automobile parking lot. On the opposite side, in fact, the stony-bottomed bicycle/pedestrian path that connects Maresca to Campo Tizzoro starts. You always follow it for 2 km until you reach the village. Proceed by going left for 1.1 km along State Road No. 66 passing the Maresca stream a first time and a second time further on. As soon as you pass the second bridge over the creek, the bicycle/pedestrian path starts again, leading after 700 meters to Ponte Petri, following the Marasca creek. Proceed to the right into Via Morelli Gualtierotti, which you follow for about a hundred meters, going left before the stop sign; you then follow State Road No. 632, which parallels the one you have just traveled. You follow it for 80 meters and take the first right downhill. You cross the bridge over the Reno River after 70 meters and continue following the signs for the “Glacier Trail” route. Follow it for 1.1 km, on a path that courts the river, until you reach the fork that leads down to the stream where, after passing a small ford, you reach L’Antica Locanda Le Panche.
STAGE 32 – Pontepetri > Pistoia
From the Antica Locanda Le Panche, you ford the Reno stream and climb along the junction that leads to the “path of the Glacier,” reached after about a hundred meters. Now continue to the right on a dirt path in the woods, always uphill until you reach the paved road of Via del Pian di Giuliano after 830 meters. You go right walking on the paved road for about a hundred meters. At the first hairpin bend, take the forest road on the left at a small clearing. The road is initially gravel and you follow it for 640 meters until you reach, after a slight descent, a large clearing. You now follow the path to the left that skirts the hill downhill, thus leaving the gravel road. You now follow the path through the woods for 4.2 km, crossing 3 streams until you reach the first houses and cemetery of the hamlet of Le Grazie. You come to a bend and continue left down the Saturnana road. Follow the paved road for 1.8 km that descends bending now right now left, making 6 hairpin bends, until you reach the hamlet of Cerchiaio, also passing the cemetery. Continue still on asphalt road for 630 meters until you meet, on the right, some conifers with recycling bins, a bench and, at the end of the last plant always on the right, there is a gravel forest road going downhill. Follow it downhill to the bottom of the valley, passing in front of a house and past the bridge with the capital and the remains of the Roman bridge on the left, follow it to the left proceeding along the path that leads to Lizzanello after 1.2 km. When you reach the group of houses in the village, you cross it continuing on the asphalt road of via di Lizzanello for a little more than 100 meters and, as soon as you finish the hairpin bend, there is another forest road on the right that descends further. You follow this road to the right, which initially follows an olive grove and then enters the forest. You always follow the route of the ancient road, slightly up and down, until you meet the paved road of Via Rastellino after 830 meters. You pass in front of the house continuing to follow the ancient pavement that now returns to the headland. You follow it all the time until you come to a paved road in a small square where there is a bus stop and a bench. You proceed to the right on a paved road and always follow it for 690 meters. You pass the intersection with the Strada Statale di via Modenese and proceed straight on the paved road ahead, through olive groves. After 300 meters, at the small crossroads of the village of Castel di Piazza, go left past the church dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel. The path descends straight following the old road that led to the village and reaches via Vecchia Montanina after 850 meters. You follow it again, still on asphalt, going right downhill. You still follow it to the stop sign after about a kilometer and proceed left into Via Sarripoli. After about a hundred meters you come to a traffic circle, go straight ahead continuing on the sidewalk that passes under the overpass of State Road No. 66. Now follow Via Vecchia Montanina for about a hundred meters until you meet, before the Gello bridge over the Ombrone stream, the sign indicating the city Pistoia. On the right is the gravel bike/pedestrian path of the Ombrone stream, pass under the overpass of State Road No. 66 and after 2.2 km, when you meet the bridge over the stream, exit the path on the right, climbing onto the paved road thanks to the connector ramp. You cross the bridge on the right over the sidewalk proceeding on Gora and Barbatole streets keeping on this main road for 1.7 km passing the railroad. You now come to join Viale Petrocchi Policarpo and follow the signs for Firenze-Lucca on the right. After about a hundred meters at the fork, keep left at the corner with the pharmacy continuing on Via Porta al Borgo. A little further on keep right keeping to Via Porta al Borgo. This brings you to the intersection of Piazza San Francesco with the church of the same name. Continue keeping to the left sidewalk, following the signs to the center and taking Via Sant’Andrea. After 170 meters on the right is the church of Sant’Andrea. Continue straight on at the next intersection continuing on via De’ Rossi and passing by the church of Santo Spirito. After 200 meters you meet Via degli Orafi and turn left, thus reaching the heart of the city of Pistoia with Piazza Duomo and the Cathedral of San Zeno.
STAGE 33 – Pistoia > San Baronto
Cross Piazza Duomo keeping the Cathedral of San Zeno on the left and taking Via Stracceria after the Baptistery of San Giovanni in Corte. After a hundred meters you reach Piazza Sala. You cross it by proceeding straight down Via dei Fabbri. After about thirty meters the street bends right and you go right again after 40 meters keeping on Via Fabbri (on the left you see an arch: it is Via Romana). After 30 meters you come to Via degli Orafi: go left. Via degli Orafi later becomes Via della Madonna, Via N. Puccini and then Via S. Sacconi and ends with a traffic circle after 750 meters. Continue in the direction of the railway, a little to the left, always going straight along Via Nazario Sauro for 1.5 km. Always walking on the sidewalk, you pass under the Pistoia highway junction, cross the bridge over the Ombrone stream and take the first street on the left, Via C. Bargi. You go all the way along it, passing under the underpass of the railroad tracks, until you reach the locality of San Pantaleo and the church of the same name after 500 meters. You keep right passing in front of the church and continue on a paved road for 600 meters along Via Bragi. Now keep left and go up on the overpass over the A11 highway. Once over the overpass, continue on the main road that is Via Bragi, keeping on the paved road and ignoring the side streets. After 600 meters you cross a bridge over the Stella stream and arrive at Bragi locality. After crossing the bridge, take a right onto via di Collina, which climbs among olive groves. The road is paved and after 1.1 km you reach località Collina and the church of Santi Pietro e Girolamo. Proceed straight ahead for about 1 km and again straight ahead for 1.4 km uphill on Via Vinacciano. You proceed along this road until you find a curve that continues to the left towards Vinacciano, and on the right there is a sign for CAI trail No. 17. You take the path on an uphill forest road with a stony surface. After a km you reach the former convent “Madonna delle Grazie,‘which can be seen on the left, now in ruins and abandoned. You pass it by climbing again on the path carved by water erosion, thus reaching a crossroads. You now follow the signs for CAI path No. 300, which descends until you come to a dirt road. You follow it continuing to the right until you meet, after about a hundred meters, a CAI marker on the left. The sign is not clearly visible and care must be taken not to pass it, until you reach the farmhouse’ Poggio dei Papi”. You pass it proceeding for 270 meters on a downhill dirt road. When you reach the asphalt road of Provincial Road No. 27, follow it for 560 meters following the signs for CAI path No. 300. As you come to a bend, you see a row of cypresses in front and a headland, also in front, that climbs the hill among olive groves. You take it, facing the steep climb until you reach a plateau, walking on a false level among vine and olive cultivation for about 1.5 km. Still following marker No. 300, you cross Provincial Road No. 28, cross it and continue going straight on the dirt road ahead. Continue going straight on dirt road for 450 meters, now continue keeping left on Sanbarontana street. After 495 meters turn left keeping on via Sanbarontana and after another 230 meters at the fork keep right, slightly uphill, following the path and continuing on via San Baronto; the road surface is partly dirt. Follow the road for about a kilometer until you find the paved road of Via Santa Lucia. Proceed by going right on Via Santa Lucia and keep on the partly paved partly gravel roadbed for 600 meters going around the hill, until you descend to Via Santa Lucia continuing straight for 610 meters. Arriving at some large cypress trees, which you have on the right, near the children’s school bus road sign, you now cross the paved Santa Lucia street and take the descending headland that you have in front of you following the CAI path. You follow it downhill for 175 meters and continue left onto Via San Francesco, again downhill for 180 meters. You now follow left onto Via San Biagio, still following CAI signs for 340 meters. You still follow the CAI signs going through the woods and coming to via Nardini, paved, after 825 meters. Turn left and take the first right passing behind a soccer field and going up the hill behind the campsite for 565 meters. You now find Via del Corso, which with steep descent leads to the square in front of the church of San Baronto.
STAGE 34 – San Baronto > Fucecchio
Keeping the church of San Baronto behind you, proceed right down Via di Giugnano. At the stop sign proceed right again, downhill, along Via Nardini until you reach after 200 meters the intersection with Provincial Road No. 9. You go right for a few meters and cross Provincial Road No. 9 continuing on the road in front of you: you can see the CAI sign on the street stop post. Initially the route is on asphalt road then the path climbs to the right becoming a dirt road; always follow the CAI signs, keeping on the main path, passing the remains of the ‘Barco Reale”-a long stone wall that crosses the path. Follow it for 2.3 km until you descend to a paved road, via del Madonnino, which you follow to the left for about 100 meters. You come to a clearing with a crossroads; follow the road to the right going up again and continuing for 950 meters. You meet, on the right again, via del Madonnino and continue straight ahead following it. The road is gravel and continues always on the crest of the mountain on a plateau crossing woods where Roverella predominates. You always follow CAI trail No. 300 and find the signs ‘Torre Sant’ Alluccio” which you reach after 3.5 km. The references to reach it are the TV repeaters. Torre Sant’Alluccio are ruins and nearby there is a memorial stone dedicated to the Alpine soldiers. Keeping to the ridge, follow the road downhill following first CAI trail No. 14A and then CAI trail No. 14. After 2.4 km you reach the village of Santa Lucia and now continue on asphalt road along path n°14 until you reach the village of Anchiano, after 740 meters, and the house where Leonardo was born. Continue downhill on Anchiano street following CAI path No. 14 through an olive grove and after 1.5 km you meet Provincial Road No. 9. Proceed left on a paved road in the direction of Vinci. After 200 meters keep right onto Via Montalbano and follow it for 172 meters, turning right toward Androne Cioffi. The androne is carved out under a row of houses and is a porch where there are CAI No. 12B signs; it has a stone ramp downhill. You cross it and arrive at the valley floor after 490 meters, continuing on a dirt road. When you reach the paved road, turn left onto Via Lamporecchiana. After about a hundred meters you cross Provincial Road No. 123 continuing straight on Via Lamporecchiana and following CAI path No. 12C, going in the direction of Panteleo. You thus climb the small hill in front of you continuing on a partly paved road, keeping to the right before the small group of houses. Follow the path that skirts some crops and goes over the overpass of Via Collinare, continuing straight ahead and following CAI No. 12C signs. After about 700 meters you come to a crossroads and continue to the right on Via San Pantaleo always following the CAI signs. After 430 meters, before the cemetery, continue following the CAI signs by going left through cultivated plots. Follow the path for about 500 meters until you reach a paved curve, here keep right passing in front of the house. Follow the way along the CAI path for about 260 meters and turn left going through the vineyards continuing first on a slight climb and then downhill to the valley floor. After finishing the descent, the headland bends to the right and then you go right again following the headland that you cross. You still cross cultivated fields and then start to climb the hill following the CAI signs again. After about 1.5 km of dirt road, you reach the paved bottom of Gabbialla Street. Follow it for about 800 meters keeping always on the main road until you reach Provincial Road No. 105. You now continue to the right in the direction of Cerreto Guidi. You have no alternative but to always follow along the Provincial Road for 1.8 km until you reach a traffic light. You cross the road and use the uphill walkway of Strucciolo della Porta, going all the way along it. This brings you to Via Santi Saccenti and you continue to the right keeping to this street for about 100 meters. You now turn right onto Via Guidi and go straight ahead continuing on Via Vittorio Veneto. After 310 meters you meet Provincial Road No. 31, which you follow along the left sidewalk until you find the Shrine of Santa Liberata. Continue left on Via G. Matteotti for 600 meters until you meet a traffic circle. Now follow the signs for Querciola, along via Torribina, for about 1.3 km to the next fork. Here you continue to the right along via di Petriolo through the village of Querciola. The road is paved at first, then becomes unpaved keeping on the hillside and crossing the cultivations of vineyards and olive groves. After about 2 km the route begins to descend, still on a dirt road, and continue straight along the main headland towards the valley floor. When you reach the bottom of the valley, just past a ditch, the paved road of Via Barbugiana begins and you follow it all the way for about 2 km until you meet the stop sign at the end of the road. Now continue left into Via Umberto Giordano and after about 50 meters cross over the crosswalk onto Provincial Road No. 11 (S.P. Pisana for Fucecchio). Go straight ahead always along Via Umberto Giordano for about 450 meters until you find the convent church. At this intersection go right into Via Fornaci reaching the entrance to the church and cross Piazza la Vergine thanks to the crosswalk in front of it. Now continue left into Via Trieste and follow it for 110 meters to the next intersection. Here you continue right along Via Lamarmora, slightly uphill, and then right again along Via Pietro Martini. At the end of the street keep slightly to the left until you reach Piazza Vittorio Veneto with its beautiful fresco of St. Christopher and the Collegiate Church of St. John the Baptist. The Romea Nonantolana-Longobarda road intersects Via Francigena in Fucecchio.
STAGE 35 – Fucecchio > San Miniato
On this STAGE, you want to accompany the pilgrim along the 10 km of the Via FRANCIGENA that separates the municipality of Fucecchio from San Miniato. Keeping the Collegiate Church of St. John the Baptist in Piazza Vittorio Veneto behind you, proceed along Via Pietro Martini. After 50 meters, you meet Piazza Cavour, pass it and proceed right, downhill, along Via Donateschi. After 130 meters, proceed left into Via Nelli, go straight on crossing the crosswalk and continue for 80 meters along Via N. Sauro. Continue straight again, crossing the street, and following the road signs for San Miniato, along Via Roma, and the signs for Via Francigena. Continue straight on the sidewalk of Via Roma for 200 meters and go straight again continuing along the tree-lined avenue of Viale Gramsci. You always walk on this street and after 310 meters you meet on the left in the paved parking lot of Piazza A. Moro. You walk along it to the end of the parking lot where there are crosswalks that allow you to cross the street. Now continue left along the park’s bicycle path that runs alongside Regional Road No. 436 Francesca. After 500 meters the bike path climbs and you cross the road at the crosswalks and cross the bridge over the Arno River. After the bridge is over, you have to watch out for car traffic and take the first street on the left: Via di Navalestro San Pierino. Go straight ahead along this street that skirts the Arno River, until you reach, after about 900 meters, the underpass with Regional Road No. 436. You pass it and continue to the right along the headland, always following the signs of Via Francigena. Continue for 1.5 kilometers through the countryside until you meet the paved road of Via Asmara in Ontraino. Continue to the left in the direction of the built-up area, and after a few dozen meters cross a bridge over a canal. After 450 meters, past the small red-brick bridge, you turn right onto Candiano Street. You follow it for 500 meters and turn at the first gravel road on the right. Continue along the gravel road through the countryside for 1 km. You will now meet the underpass of the railway line and after 300 meters the one of the Florence-Pisa-Livorno Great Communication Road. Now continue straight ahead along Via Parini for 480 meters and cross the traffic circle continuing straight ahead following the signs for Via Francigena. Continue along the tree-lined avenue of Via Guglielmo Marconi for 280 meters until you reach Piazzale della Pace. Turn left in the direction of San Miniato Basso and after 280 meters you reach the parish church. You still follow the signs from Via Francigena that pass on the right side of the church next to the bell tower and cross the whole park in the direction of San Miniato Alto. You meet the paved road again and turn right onto Via Pozzo. The street continues uphill and after 700 meters you again meet the paved road and the junction with Via Fontevivo. After 500 meters you turn right in the direction of San Miniato centro and continue along Corso Giuseppe Garibaldi until you reach Piazza della Repubblica after one km
STAGE 36 – San Miniato > Gambassi Terme
A splendid STAGE, but challenging mainly because of the lack of refreshment points. From San Miniato, after an hour of walking on asphalt, we take a route of extraordinary beauty along the hilly ridges of the Elsa Valley. On Sigeric’s route we encounter two Submansiones: the Pieve di Coiano, in very poor condition, and the Pieve a Chianni, in whose rectory a beautiful hostel has been built. The only refreshment and water points are in Calenzano and a trattoria 500 m from Pieve di Coiano, toward Castelnuovo d’Elsa (off our route). At Pieve di Coiano there is a drinking fountain.
STAGE 37 – Gambassi Terme > San Gimignano
A short transfer STAGE, however interesting for the beauty of the views surrounding Via Francigena. We can visit the Sanctuary of Pancole, before ascending to the quaint village of Collemucioli and from there to the enchanting Pieve di Cellole. The day can be devoted to a visit to San Gimignano, one of the most popular destinations in Tuscany, which, if reached on foot, takes on a different and unprecedented flavor. Water supply and refreshment point at Pancole.
STAGE 38 – San Gimignano > Abbadia Isola
Colle Val D’Elsa variant
STAGE 39 – Abbadia Island > Siena
STAGE 40 – Siena > Ponte d’Arbia
If traveled on a beautiful sunny day, this STAGE can become unforgettable thanks to the boundless views from the ridges of the Val d’Arbia, which are traveled along endless white roads. Behind us we can admire the profile of Siena, lying on the hills on the horizon. The Grancia di Cuna, an ancient fortified granary, is the main historical attraction of this stretch. To find a place of refreshment we need to get to Isola d’Arbia, while water can also be found at Grancia di Cuna and Quinciano.
STAGE 41 – Ponte d’Arbia > San Quirico
The first town we encounter is Buonconvento, whose historic center is worth a visit. We take a stretch of path parallel to the provincial road to Montalcino, which we leave to enter the dreamy views of the Val d’Orcia, along a dirt road route that takes us to Torrenieri. From here we use a section of the disused Cassia, unfortunately still paved, and then a beautiful dirt road to reach San Quirico, which welcomes us with its splendid collegiate church. Refreshment points and water only in the towns of Buonconvento and Torrenieri.
STAGE 42 – San Quirico > Radicofani
We walk through the enchanting views of the Val d’Orcia, and the first gem of the day is Vignoni Alto, a village out of time that heralds Bagno Vignoni, with its extraordinary thermal pool in the piazza. A visit to Castiglione’s historic center is worth the detour. The beautiful descent down the valley takes us to Le Briccole, an ancient hospice now in a state of abandonment. Before and after the ospitale one must watch out for fords, three consecutive ones, the first of which can be challenging in heavy rain. The same goes for the ford of the Formone stream, near the junction to Radicofani, and which can be avoided by climbing the provincial road and then rejoining the route after the bridge. The climb to Radicofani is very hard, but it is rewarded by the beautiful views along the way. Water and refreshment points at Bagno Vignoni and Gallina (bar 500 m from the route, on the Cassia).
Abbadia San Salvatore variant
The variant to Abbadia San Salvatore breaks off from the official route just before the Posta di Ricorsi, at the bar on the road leading to the Il Poderino farmhouse. The climb to Abbadia is particularly challenging on a very steep and bumpy forest track, but the visit to the beautiful historic center and Abbey at least partially repays the effort. The descent to Val di Paglia is gentler and easier, where we rejoin the official itinerary at Ponte a Rigo. The variant reproposes one of the early medieval routes to ascend to the monastery and descend back into the Val di Paglia in a silvo-pastoral mountain landscape.
STAGE 43 – Radicofani > Acquapendente
The descent from Radicofani along the old Cassia is one of the most beautiful and exciting stretches of the entire Via Francigena: around us hills as far as the eye can see and Mount Amiata, and behind us the Rocca. Arriving in Ponte a Rigo we travel along the valley floor of the Val di Paglia, following the route of the Via Cassia to Ponte Gregoriano, before tackling the last short climb to Acquapendente. Rest stops at Ponte a Rigo and Centeno, water also at Ponte Gregoriano. Pay close attention to the section that runs along the SS Cassia between Centeno and Ponte Gregoriano, where you are forced to walk on the roadbed along the Cassia state highway, read the details. Alternatively, you can take the variant that goes through Proceno, which is longer but more pleasant and safer. Read the details.
Proceno variant
From Ponte a Rigo you can follow this hilly variant that passes through Proceno and offers beautiful views of the Val di Paglia below. The route is longer than the official route, but definitely safer as it avoids the traffic of the Via Cassia.
STAGE 44 – Acquapendente > Bolsena
After a visit to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, whose splendid crypt reconstructs the church of the same name in the Holy Land, the STAGE continues without emotion to San Lorenzo Nuovo,where we can admire a beautiful panorama of Lake Bolsena. Descending into the volcanic crater, we take a pleasant route on dirt roads that leads us to Bolsena, in a continuous up and down between olive groves, meadows and woods, with beautiful views of the lake in the background. Refreshment points and water only at San Lorenzo Nuovo.
STAGE 45 – Bolsena > Montefiascone
Among olive groves and patches of scrubland, the route moves away from Bolsena and, with continuous ups and downs and splendid views of the lake.Exciting is the 360-degree view on arrival in Montefiascone from the Pellegrini Tower. Possibility of water refueling only in the first part of the route.
STAGE 46 – Montefiascone > Viterbo
The first section of the STAGE is spectacular, on the ancient cobblestones of the Via Cassia, still in excellent condition. We then cross a hilly section, with beautiful views of Montefiascone and Viterbo. As we descend into the plain, we can relax at the Bagnaccio baths (momentarily closed), a series of hot-water pools that have always been frequented by pilgrims passing along Via Francigena. Arriving in Viterbo, a visit to the historic center and the San Pellegrino district is not to be missed. Water scarce, refreshment points absent along the route.
STAGE 47 – Viterbo > Vetralla
The STAGE is not currently passable as maintenance and improvement activities are underway on the route. It is suggested to take the B21 Viterbo-Vetralla STAGE variant (link) or the B21 Viterbo-Sutri STAGE (link). Starting from Piazza del Sacrario, we cross Piazza del Plebiscito until we exit the medieval walls of Viterbo from Porta Romana; we pass under Porta San Biele and then Via della Grotticella, going up Strada Roncone. From here begins a path through chestnut and oak forests until reaching the village of San Martino al Cimino, a hamlet of Viterbo. You enter San Martino al Cimino through the North Gate, skirting the famous 13th-century Cistercian Abbey; after crossing the entire village, you exit through the South Gate. After a few kilometers on easy undergrowth paths and a few stretches on asphalt roads with panoramic views north toward Montefiascone, you enter the woods of Monte Fogliano along shady paths that descend toward the village of Tre Croci, a hamlet of Vetralla. From Tre Croci, a short stretch of dirt roads is encountered that reaches Vetralla crossing Foro Cassio.
Camillario Bridge Variant
STAGE 48 – Vetralla > Sutri
Leaving Vetralla, we travel a beautiful stretch through a dense forest before arriving at the small church of the Madonna di Loreto. From here we pass through an immense hazel grove and skirt some monumental oaks, before arriving at Torri d’Orlando, ruins of an ancient monastery. We continue to the delightful village of Capranica, and then on to Sutri, a semi-unknown gem along the Francigena, with its Amphitheater carved into the tuff, the Mitreo and the beautiful historic center. Water and refreshment points only in Capranica.
STAGE 49 – Sutri > Campagnano
The first part of the STAGE goes through the countryside until we arrive in the vicinity of Monterosi. We resume our walk through the fields, until we reach the waterfalls of Monte Gelato, in the territory of Mazzano Romano, a park area where we can rest. We then enter Veio Park, and follow a scenic dirt road, which leads us to the gates of Campagnano. Refreshment points and water at Monterosi and Monte Gelato Waterfalls.
Variant Exit from Sutri
This variant allows a safe exit from Sutri, but lengthens the STAGE by 3.5 kilometers.
Variant Bridge over the Valchetta Creek
STAGE 50 – Campagnano > La Storta
Due to the temporary closure of the crossing of the section of Via Francigena that from house number 1081 on Via Cassia introduces inside the Insugherata Park, to allow reclamation operations following the finding of dead wild boars due to “swine plague,” all pilgrims are strongly advised to follow the following directions. Start from Campagnano di Roma and follow the traditional path to the Sorbo Sanctuary. After the Sanctuary you continue into the Sorbo valley. When a large chair installation is encountered on the left, take a path to the right marked as 207C which then becomes 207G. You stay on the path skirting the forest, You then reach a pedestrian wooden bridge, turn left and walk for about 400 meters before meeting a path that re-enters the undergrowth. You walk for about 1.5 km with two fords that are not too easy. At this point you exit the trail with a short stretch of dirt road near the locality of Le Rughe. You cross Viale Europa and turn left onto Viale Africa. You cross the entire parking lot of the Commercial Zone and come to a dangerous intersection; be careful here and follow the BLUE road signs for Rome. Alternatively, the 36 bus heading for Rome passes every half hour at the intersection. As far as La Storta. For those who wish to continue on foot there are about 7.5 km of Via Cassia before meeting, on the left, the Via Trionfale that leads to the center of Rome. Alternatively, one can take the train at the train station in La Storta and get off at Monte Mario station. At this point, take the bicycle path from Santa Maria della Pietà to Monte Ciocci. The new route is not yet official but has already been tested, including during the Road to Rome 2021 STAGE. The section is safe and leads pleasantly to a large square with a view of the “Dome.” From Monte Ciocci there is a downhill section on the right, with respect to the overlook. and then taking Via Candia one reaches the area bordering the Vatican walls and then St. Peter’s Square.
STAGE 51 – La Storta > Rome
The last STAGE begins with a long stretch along the sidewalk of the busy Via Cassia. After passing the Grande Raccordo Anulare, we enter the green of the Insugherata Park, a wild oasis that fits like a wedge into the outskirts of Rome. You then re-enter the traffic of the Via Trionfale, then enter Monte Mario Park. The view from the belvedere of “Mons Gaudii,” the mountain of joy, will make us forget pollution and traffic, before the descent to St. Peter’s Square, our destination. Refreshment points and frequent fountains all along the way.
STAGE-BY-STAGE SERVICES
Pharmacies, supermarkets, public restrooms, welcomes, restaurants and more are marked within the GPX track, which can be downloaded from the website.
ACCESSIBILITY
In process
CREDENTIAL
Credentials cost a nominal €5 each and can be obtained:
- request them by filling out the appropriate form on the website https://www.romeastrata.org/merchandising/carta-del-pellegrino/ , the Homo Viator-San Teobaldo Foundation will then mail them to the pilgrim’s home or can direct the pilgrim to the nearest info point for pickup;
- Purchase directly from the headquarters of the Homo Viator-San Teobaldo Foundation in Vicenza at Contrà Vescovado no. 3.
ROAD BOTTOM.
60% dirt
40% asphalt
CONTACTS
WEBSITE. www.romeastrata.org
For Romea Strata Italy reference must be made to the Homo Viator Foundation – San Teobaldo of Vicenza
TEL. 0444-327146
EMAIL. info@romeastrata.it
For Romea Strata Europe instead one must refer to the European Association Romea Strata (AERS)
EMAIL. info@aeromeastrata.eu
The Via Romea Strata is a thousand-year-old route that leads from Tarvisio to the heart of Rome. The main route passes through five Italian regions-Friuli Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany and Lazio-each of which can be a starting point for embarking on the journey.
This route is rooted in history: for over a thousand years it has linked the Baltic Sea and Central and Eastern Europe with the Eternal City, creating a bridge between peoples, cultures and spirituality. Along the way, you discover fortified villages, art masterpieces, waterways and often hidden places of faith, all the way to the final embrace of St. Peter.
The official guide accompanies the traveler with historical and cultural introductions, describes the variants of the route and offers useful advice for tackling it all in one go or breaking it down into stages. There is no shortage of practical information on where to sleep, Gps tracks to follow and, once in Rome, valuable information on welcoming pilgrims, the Testimonium and how to quickly access the Basilica thanks to dedicated routes.
